About the Authors

Lisa A. Waddell

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa A. Waddell, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Shannon Harding

lisa.waddell@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Judy Greig

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa A. Waddell, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Shannon Harding

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Mariola Mascarenhas

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa A. Waddell, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Shannon Harding

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Shannon Harding

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa A. Waddell, Judy Greig, Mariola Mascarenhas, Shannon Harding

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Robbin Lindsay

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Nicholas Ogden

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LW JG MM SH RL NO. Data curation: LW. Formal analysis: LW. Investigation: LW JG SH MM. Methodology: LW JG SH MM. Project administration: LW JG. Resources: LW JG MM SH RL NO. Software: LW. Supervision: JG NO. Validation: LW JG MM SH RL NO. Visualization: LW. Writing – original draft: LW. Writing – review & editing: JG MM SH RL NO.