About the Authors

Katie Hampson

K.Hampson@Shef.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Andy Dobson

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Magai Kaare

† Deceased.

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Jonathan Dushoff

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Matthias Magoto

Affiliation Minstry of Water and Livestock Development, Serengeti District Livestock Office, Mugumu, Tanzania

Emmanuel Sindoya

Affiliation Minstry of Water and Livestock Development, Serengeti District Livestock Office, Mugumu, Tanzania

Sarah Cleaveland

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, The Roslin Institute/Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH MK. Performed the experiments: KH MK MM ES. Analyzed the data: KH MK. Wrote the paper: KH APD MK JD SC.