About the Authors

Andrea E. Gaughan

aegaughan@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Land-use Environmental Change Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Forrest R. Stevens

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Land-use Environmental Change Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Catherine Linard

Affiliations Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels, Belgium, Biological Control and Spatial Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Peng Jia

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Andrew J. Tatem

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AEG FRS AJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEG FRS PJ CL AJT. Wrote the paper: AEG FRS AJT CL PJ.