About the Authors

Joud Aldaroub

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Chrissy M. Walsky

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Rylee E. Ewell

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Frank O. Aylward

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

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Ann M. Stevens

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

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Alison Kernell Burke

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

burkeak@vmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.