About the Authors

Raphaëlle Métras

rmetras@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliations Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom, Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases and Faculty of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Thibaud Porphyre

Affiliation Epidemiology Group, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dirk U. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

Alan Kemp

Affiliation Centre for Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa

Peter N. Thompson

Affiliation Epidemiology Section, Department of Production Animal Studies, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Lisa M. Collins

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa M. Collins, Richard G. White

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Belfast, United Kingdom

Richard G. White

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa M. Collins, Richard G. White

Affiliation Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases and Faculty of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM TP. Performed the experiments: RM. Analyzed the data: RM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM TP DUP AK PNT LMC RGW. Wrote the paper: RM TP DUP AK PNT LMC RGW.