About the Authors

Benjamin D. Dalziel

Current address: Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Willem G. van Panhuis

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Donald S. Burke

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

C. Jessica E. Metcalf

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Bryan T. Grenfell

Grenfell@princeton.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: BDD CJEM BTG. Performed the experiments: BDD. Analyzed the data: BDD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WGvP DSB ONB. Wrote the paper: BDD ONB WGvP DSB CJEM BTG.