About the Authors

Charles Nfon

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Yohannes Berhane

Affiliations National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John Pasick

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Carissa Embury-Hyatt

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Gary Kobinger

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Darwyn Kobasa

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shawn Babiuk

shawn.babiuk@inspection.gc.ca

Affiliations National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CN YB JP CE GK DK SB. Performed the experiments: CN YB JP CE SB. Analyzed the data: CN YB JP CE GK DK SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CN YB JP CE SB. Wrote the paper: CN YB JP CE GK DK SB.