About the Authors

Colin Robertson

crobertson@wlu.ca

Affiliation Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Dhan Kumar Pant

Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Durga Datt Joshi

Affiliation National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Minu Sharma

Affiliation National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Meena Dahal

Affiliation National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Craig Stephen

Affiliation Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR DP CS DDJ. Analyzed the data: CR DP MS MD. Wrote the paper: CR DP DDJ CS.