About the Authors

Ying Bai

bby5@cdc.gov

Affiliation Bacterial Disease Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Lile Malania

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

Danilo Alvarez Castillo

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala

David Moran

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala

Sumalee Boonmar

Affiliation International Emerging Infectious Program, Thailand MOPH-US CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Aran Chanlun

Affiliation Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Fanan Suksawat

Affiliation Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Soichi Maruyama

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan

Darryn Knobel

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya

Michael Kosoy

Affiliation Bacterial Disease Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YB MK. Performed the experiments: YB LM SB SM. Analyzed the data: YB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM SB FS DAC DM SM DK AC. Wrote the manuscript: YB MK DK.