About the Authors

Onneile O. Peiso

Affiliation Epidemiology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Barend M. de C. Bronsvoort

Affiliation Epidemiology, Economics and Risk Assessment (EERA) Group, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Ian G. Handel

Affiliation Epidemiology, Economics and Risk Assessment (EERA) Group, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Victoriya V. Volkova

vv87@cornell.edu

Current address: Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Epidemiology Group, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVV BMdCB. Performed the experiments: OOP VVV. Analyzed the data: OOP VVV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IGH. Wrote the paper: VVV BMdCB IGH. Designed the data extraction form for the database on disease occurrence: BMdCB IGH OOP VVV.