About the Authors

Calvin Mehl

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

M. Corrie Schoeman

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

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Tomasz J. Sanko

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Carlos Bezuidenhout

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

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Charlotte M. S. Mienie

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Wolfgang Preiser

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Tygerberg Hospital, Tygerberg, South Africa

Dalene Vosloo

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

voslood@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliation Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.