About the Authors

Tiziana Lembo

T.Lembo@vet.gla.ac.uk

Affiliations Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Katie Hampson

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Magai T. Kaare

† Deceased October 2008.

Affiliation Serengeti Carnivore Viral Transmission Dynamics Project, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

Eblate Ernest

Affiliation Serengeti Carnivore Viral Transmission Dynamics Project, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

Darryn Knobel

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Rudovick R. Kazwala

Affiliation Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Morogoro, Tanzania

Daniel T. Haydon

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sarah Cleaveland

Affiliation Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL KH MTK DK RRK DTH SC. Performed the experiments: TL KH MTK EE DK RRK DTH SC. Analyzed the data: TL KH MTK DK DTH SC. Wrote the paper: TL KH DK SC.