About the Authors

Nour M. Alkashef

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

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for One Health Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Alsharkia, Egypt

Mohamed N. Seleem

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

seleem@vt.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for One Health Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.