About the Authors

Jo E. B. Halliday

Jo.Halliday@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Darryn L. Knobel

Affiliation Center for Conservation Medicine and Ecosystem Health, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, St. Kitts

Bernard Agwanda

Affiliation National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Ying Bai

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Robert F. Breiman

Affiliations Division of Global Health Protection, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sarah Cleaveland

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

M. Kariuki Njenga

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu and Nairobi, Kenya, Global Disease Detection Division, CDC-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Michael Kosoy

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEBH DLK RFB SC MKN MK. Performed the experiments: JEBH DLK BA YB. Analyzed the data: JEBH YB MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YB MK. Wrote the paper: JEBH DLK BA YB RFB SC MKN MK.