About the Authors

Tammi L. Johnson

Contributed equally to this work with: Tammi L. Johnson, Erin L. Landguth

uzj6@cdc.gov

Current address: Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Erin L. Landguth

Contributed equally to this work with: Tammi L. Johnson, Erin L. Landguth

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Emily F. Stone

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TLJ ELL. Performed the experiments: TLJ. Analyzed the data: ELL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TLJ EFS ELL. Wrote the paper: TLJ EFS ELL.