About the Authors

Anna Majer

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Kyle A. Caligiuri

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Kamilla K. Gale

Affiliation Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Yulian Niu

Affiliation Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Clark S. Phillipson

Affiliation Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Timothy F. Booth

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Viral Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Stephanie A. Booth

Stephanie.Booth@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Molecular PathoBiology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SAB TFB. Data curation: AM KAC SAB. Formal analysis: AM KAC SAB. Funding acquisition: SAB TFB. Investigation: AM KAC KKG YN CSP. Methodology: AM SAB. Project administration: SAB. Resources: SAB TFB. Supervision: SAB. Visualization: AM. Writing – original draft: AM. Writing – review & editing: AM SAB.