About the Authors

Arunachalam Ramaiah

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

Munegowda C. Koralur

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

Gregory A. Dasch

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

ged4@cdc.gov

Affiliation Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.