About the Authors

Andre Coetzer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Lambert Gwenhure

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Livestock & Veterinary Services, Central Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Harare, Harare metropolitan province, Zimbabwe

Pious Makaya

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Livestock & Veterinary Services, Central Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Harare, Harare metropolitan province, Zimbabwe

Wanda Markotter

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Virology, Centre for Viral Zoonoses, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Louis Nel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft

louis.nel@up.ac.za

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control SA NPC, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.