About the Authors

Heather P. McLaughlin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Blake Cherney

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Janetta R. Hakovirta

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Rachael A. Priestley

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Andrew Conley

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Andrew Carter

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

David Hodge

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Segaran P. Pillai

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Laboratory Science and Safety, Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

Linda M. Weigel

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Gilbert J. Kersh

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

David Sue

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

dsue@cdc.gov

Affiliation Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.