About the Authors
- Jonathan H. Epstein
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Affiliation Conservation Medicine Program, Wildlife Trust, New York, New York, United States of America
- Phenix-Lan Quan
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Thomas Briese
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* E-mail: thomas.briese@columbia.edu (TB); daszak@wildlifetrust.org (PD)
Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Craig Street
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Omar Jabado
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Sean Conlan
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Shahneaz Ali Khan
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Affiliations Conservation Medicine Program, Wildlife Trust, New York, New York, United States of America, Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Dawn Verdugo
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- M. Jahangir Hossain
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Affiliation Programme on Infectious Disease and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Stephen K. Hutchison
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Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Michael Egholm
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Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Stephen P. Luby
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Affiliation Programme on Infectious Disease and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Peter Daszak
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* E-mail: thomas.briese@columbia.edu (TB); daszak@wildlifetrust.org (PD)
Affiliation Conservation Medicine Program, Wildlife Trust, New York, New York, United States of America
- W. Ian Lipkin
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Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JHE TB PD WIL. Performed the experiments: JHE PLQ DV SH. Analyzed the data: JHE PLQ TB CS OJ DV SKH ME PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHE TB CS SC SAK MJH SKH ME SPL WIL. Wrote the paper: JHE PLQ TB WIL. Coordinated field and lab activities and logistics for work in Bangladesh; contributed to paper-writing: MJH. Coordinated permissions, field activities and logistics for work in Bangladesh; contributed to paper-writing: SPL.