About the Authors

Gustaf Rydevik

Gustaf.rydevik@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BIOSS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Giles T. Innocent

Affiliation Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BIOSS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Glenn Marion

Affiliation Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BIOSS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ross S. Davidson

Affiliation SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Piran C. L. White

Affiliation Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Charalambos Billinis

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece, Department of Biomedicine, Institute for Research and Technology of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Paul Barrow

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Peter P. C. Mertens

Affiliation The Vector-Borne Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Surrey, United Kingdom

Dolores Gavier-Widén

Affiliation National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden

Michael R. Hutchings

Affiliation SRUC, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR GTI GM RSD PCLW MRH. Performed the experiments: GR. Analyzed the data: GR. Wrote the paper: GR GTI GM RSD PCLW CB PB PPCM DGW MRH.