About the Authors

Heinrich zu Dohna

hzudohna@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Center for Animal Disease Modelling, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

María C. Cecere

Affiliation Laboratory of Eco-Epidemiology, Department of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ricardo E. Gürtler

Affiliation Laboratory of Eco-Epidemiology, Department of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Uriel Kitron

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joel E. Cohen

Affiliation Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCC REG. Analyzed the data: HzD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UK JEC. Wrote the paper: HzD.