About the Authors

Sharon I. Brummitt

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

Sibrummitt@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne M. Kjemtrup

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Danielle J. Harvey

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Jeannine M. Petersen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Christopher Sexton

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Adam Replogle

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Andrea E. Packham

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Evan M. Bloch

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alan G. Barbour

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Peter J. Krause

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Valerie Green

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Creative Testing Solutions, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Woutrina A. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bloch is a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Blood Products Advisory Committee. Any views or opinions expressed in this manuscript are Dr. Bloch's and are based on his own scientific expertise and professional judgment; they do not necessarily represent the views of the Blood Products Advisory Committee or the formal position of the FDA and also do not bind or otherwise obligate or commit either the Advisory Committee or the FDA to the views expressed. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors alone and do not represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.