About the Authors

John M. Bell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Jesse Elder

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

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Rahil Ryder

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

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Emily A. Smith

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

Current address: Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy, Research and Innovation Office, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

Affiliation Theiagen Genomics, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States of America

Michelle Scribner

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Theiagen Genomics, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States of America

Sabrina Gilliam

Roles Resources

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Deva Borthwick

Roles Resources

Affiliation COVID Control Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, CDPH, Richmond, California, United States of America

Megan Crumpler

Roles Resources

Affiliation Orange County Public Health Laboratory, Santa Ana, California, United States of America

Jacek Skarbinski

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America

Christina Morales

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Debra A. Wadford

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Debra.Wadford@cdph.ca.gov

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Richmond, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.