About the Authors

Derek R. Stein

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Current address: Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg, Canada

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Bryce M. Warner

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Jonathan Audet

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Geoff Soule

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Vinayakumar Siragam

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Patrycja Sroga

Roles Data curation

Current address: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Canada

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Bryan D. Griffin

Roles Data curation

Current address: Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Anders Leung

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Allen Grolla

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Kevin Tierney

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Alix Albietz

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Darwyn Kobasa

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Abdulmajid S. Musa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

Adama Ahmad

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

Afolabi M. Akinpelu

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

Nwando Mba

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

Rebecca Rosenke

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton Montana, United States of America

Dana P. Scott

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton Montana, United States of America

Greg Saturday

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton Montana, United States of America

Chikwe Ihekweazu

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

Affiliation Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria

David Safronetz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

david.safronetz@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliations Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.