About the Authors

Molly J. T. Kibenge

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Yingwei Wang

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Alexandra Morton

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Raincoast Research Society, Sointula, British Columbia, Canada

Richard Routledge

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Frederick S. B. Kibenge

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Kibenge@upei.ca

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Competing Interests

This work was supported by the Virology Research Laboratory at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada. Van City supported the work by Alexandra Morton. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Alexandra Morton is a director of the Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society, whose goals include working towards high survivorship of wild salmon in BC’s rivers and nearshore marine environment.