About the Authors

Lisa A. Waddell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

lisa.waddell@canada.ca

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

Judy Greig

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

L. Robbin Lindsay

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Alison F. Hinckley

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Nicholas H. Ogden

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.