About the Authors

Katie Hampson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: K.Hampson@Shef.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America , Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Jonathan Dushoff

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Cleaveland

Affiliations The Roslin Institute/ Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom , Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Daniel T Haydon

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Magai Kaare

† Deceased.

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

Craig Packer

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Andy Dobson

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

KH, SC, MK, and AD conceived and designed the experiments. KH, SC, and MK performed the experiments. KH, JD, and DTH contributed analysis tools. KH analyzed the data. KH, JD, SC, DTH, CP, and AD wrote the paper.