About the Authors

Patricia E. Reed

Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia E. Reed, Sabue Mulangu

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Sabue Mulangu

Contributed equally to this work with: Patricia E. Reed, Sabue Mulangu

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kenneth N. Cameron

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Alain U. Ondzie

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Damien Joly

Current address: Metabiota Inc., Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Magdalena Bermejo

Affiliation Departamento Biologia Animal (Vertebrados), Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Pierre Rouquet

Affiliation ECOFAC, Libreville, Gabon

Giulia Fabozzi

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Bailey

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zhimin Shen

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Brandon F. Keele

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Beatrice Hahn

Current address: Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

William B. Karesh

Current address: Ecohealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Nancy J. Sullivan

njsull@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DJ, one of the co-authors, is currently employed by Metabiota, Inc. This affiliation does not alter the authors adherence to all PLOS NTDs policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NJS PER SM KNC. Performed the experiments: SM MB GF. Analyzed the data: NJS PER SM DJ GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJ PER NJS ZS BFK BH AUO MB PR WBK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PER SM NJS.