About the Authors

Matthew C. Allender

mcallend@illinois.edu

Affiliations Wildlife Epidemiology Lab, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL, United States of America

Sarah Baker

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL, United States of America

Daniel Wylie

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL, United States of America

Daniel Loper

Affiliation Wildlife Epidemiology Lab, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Michael J. Dreslik

Affiliation Wildlife Epidemiology Lab, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Christopher A. Phillips

Affiliation Wildlife Epidemiology Lab, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Carol Maddox

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Driskell

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCA DW. Performed the experiments: MCA SB DW DL EAD. Analyzed the data: MCA MJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCA MJD CAP CM. Wrote the paper: MCA SB DW MJD CAP CM EAD.