About the Authors

Josephine A. Afema

jaafema@vetmed.wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Denis K. Byarugaba

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Resources and Biolaboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Devendra H. Shah

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Esther Atukwase

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Resources and Biolaboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Maria Nambi

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Resources and Biolaboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

William M. Sischo

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAA DKB DHS WMS. Performed the experiments: JAA MN EA. Analyzed the data: JAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKB WMS. Wrote the paper: JAA DKB DHS MN EA WS.