About the Authors

Hannah R. Holt

hholt@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Production and Population Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Phouth Inthavong

Affiliation National Animal Health Laboratory, Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Boualam Khamlome

Affiliation Department of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Kate Blaszak

Affiliations Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Australia, World Animal Protection, Melbourne, Australia

Chattouphone Keokamphe

Affiliation National Animal Health Laboratory, Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Virasack Somoulay

Affiliations National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Veterinary Service Division, Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Anousone Phongmany

Affiliation Veterinary Service Division, Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Peter A. Durr

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Australia

Kerryne Graham

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Australia

John Allen

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Australia

Blánaid Donnelly

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Stuart D. Blacksell

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Fred Unger

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Delia Grace

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Silvia Alonso

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Jeff Gilbert

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PI BK KB CK VS PAD KG JA SDB FU DG JG AP BD. Performed the experiments: PI BK KB CK VS PAD KG JA SDB JG AP BD. Analyzed the data: HRH KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PI BK PAD SDB JG. Wrote the paper: PI HRH KB JA SA JG. Revised the final copy of the manuscript: BD.