About the Authors

Agnes Agunos

Contributed equally to this work with: Agnes Agunos, David F. Léger, Carolee A. Carson, Sheryl P. Gow, Angelina Bosman

agnes.agunos@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

David F. Léger

Contributed equally to this work with: Agnes Agunos, David F. Léger, Carolee A. Carson, Sheryl P. Gow, Angelina Bosman

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Carolee A. Carson

Contributed equally to this work with: Agnes Agunos, David F. Léger, Carolee A. Carson, Sheryl P. Gow, Angelina Bosman

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sheryl P. Gow

Contributed equally to this work with: Agnes Agunos, David F. Léger, Carolee A. Carson, Sheryl P. Gow, Angelina Bosman

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Angelina Bosman

Contributed equally to this work with: Agnes Agunos, David F. Léger, Carolee A. Carson, Sheryl P. Gow, Angelina Bosman

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Rebecca J. Irwin

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Richard J. Reid-Smith

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Center for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AA DL CC SG AB RI RRS. Data curation: AA SG CC. Formal analysis: AA DL CC AB. Funding acquisition: RI RRS AA SG. Investigation: AA DL SG CC AB. Methodology: AA DL CC SG AB. Project administration: AA DL. Resources: AA DL CC SG AB RRS. Software: SG. Supervision: DL CC. Validation: AA SG CC. Visualization: AA DL CC SG AB. Writing – original draft: AA. Writing – review & editing: AA DL CC SG AB RI RRS.