About the Authors

Santosh Dhakal

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

Durga Datt Joshi

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

Anita Ale

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

Yogendra Shah

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

Dhan Kumar Pant

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

Craig Stephen

cstephen@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo British Columbia, Canada and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD DDJ AA DKP CS. Analyzed the data: SD DKP. Wrote the paper: SD DKP DDJ CS. Data collection via field interviews, including pre-testing: MS MD YS.