About the Authors

Somaia M. Abdelmegeed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, 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

Mohamed F. Mohamed

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

mohamedm@vt.edu (MFM); seleem@vt.edu (MNS)

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 Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt

Mohamed N. Seleem

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

mohamedm@vt.edu (MFM); seleem@vt.edu (MNS)

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.