About the Authors

Natalia A. Kuzmina

natakuzmina@yandex.ru

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philippe Lemey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Ivan V. Kuzmin

Current address: Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bonny C. Mayes

Affiliation Zoonosis Control Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, United States of America

James A. Ellison

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lillian A. Orciari

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dillon Hightower

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Steven T. Taylor

Affiliation Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles E. Rupprecht

Current address: Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Affiliations Rabies Program, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK IK CR. Performed the experiments: NK PL IK. Analyzed the data: NK PL IK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL BM JE ST DH LO. Wrote the manuscript: NK PL IK JE ST.