About the Authors

Ram K. Raghavan

rkraghavan@vet.k-state.edu

Affiliations Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Douglas G. Goodin

Affiliation Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Daniel Neises

Affiliation Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Gary A. Anderson

Affiliation Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Roman R. Ganta

Affiliation Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKR DGG GAA RRG. Performed the experiments: RKR DGG. Analyzed the data: RKR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGG DN. Wrote the paper: RKR DGG GAA RRG.