About the Authors

A. Zachariah

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Forests and Wildlife, Government of Kerala, Sultan Battery, Wayanad, India

P. K. Sajesh

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation SciGenom Research Foundation, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala, India

S. Santhosh

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation SciGenom Research Foundation, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala, India

C. Bathrachalam

Roles Investigation

Affiliation SciGenom Research Foundation, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala, India

M. Megha

Roles Investigation

Affiliation SciGenom Research Foundation, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala, India

J. Pandiyan

Roles Resources

Affiliation AVC College, Mayiladuthurai, Tamilnadu, India

M. Jishnu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Forests and Wildlife, Government of Kerala, Sultan Battery, Wayanad, India

R. S. Kobragade

Roles Resources

Affiliation Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India

S. Y. Long

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Viral Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

J-C Zong

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Viral Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

E. M. Latimer

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Wildlife Health Sciences, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, United States of America

S. Y. Heaggans

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Viral Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

G. S. Hayward

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ghayward@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Viral Oncology Program, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.