About the Authors

Yan Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Stella C. Watson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Jenna R. Gettings

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Robert B. Lund

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Shila K. Nordone

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Michael J. Yabsley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

myabsley@uga.edu (MJY); mcmaha2@clemson.edu (CSM)

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

Christopher S. McMahan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

myabsley@uga.edu (MJY); mcmaha2@clemson.edu (CSM)

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.