About the Authors

Hana M. Weingartl

hana.weingartl@inspection.gc.ca

Affiliations National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shunzhen Zhang

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Peter Marszal

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Alan McGreevy

Current address: University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Lynn Burton

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

William C. Wilson

Affiliation Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMW WCW. Performed the experiments: SZ PM AM LB. Analyzed the data: HMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMW WCW. Wrote the paper: HMW.