About the Authors

Robert L. Richards

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

robert.richards@uga.edu

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Christopher A. Cleveland

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Richard J. Hall

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Philip Tchindebet Ouakou

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chad Guinea Worm Eradication Program, Ministry of Health, N’Djamena, Chad

Andrew W. Park

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Adam Weiss

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael J. Yabsley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Vanessa O. Ezenwa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.