About the Authors

Mark P. Nelder

mark.nelder@oahpp.ca

Affiliation Enteric, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Curtis Russell

Affiliation Enteric, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

L. Robbin Lindsay

Affiliation Field Studies, Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Badal Dhar

Affiliation Analytic Services, Knowledge Services, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Samir N. Patel

Affiliations Public Health Ontario Laboratory - Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Steven Johnson

Affiliation Analytic Services, Knowledge Services, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Stephen Moore

Affiliation Enteric, Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases, Communicable and Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Erik Kristjanson

Affiliation Public Health Ontario Laboratory - Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Ye Li

Affiliations Analytic Services, Knowledge Services, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario

Filip Ralevski

Affiliation Public Health Ontario Laboratory - Toronto, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPN CR LRL BD SNP SJ SM EK YL FR. Performed the experiments: MPN CR LRL BD SNP SJ SM EK YL FR. Analyzed the data: MPN CR LRL BD SJ YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPN CR LRL BD SNP SJ SM EK YL FR. Wrote the paper: MPN CR LRL.