About the Authors

Marieke Jesse

m.jesse@uu.nl

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Rupert Mazzucco

Affiliation Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

Ulf Dieckmann

Affiliation Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

Hans Heesterbeek

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Johan A. J. Metz

Affiliations Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Institute of Biology and Mathematical Institute, Leiden, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAJM. Performed the experiments: MJ RM. Analyzed the data: MJ RM. Wrote the paper: MJ RM UD HH JAJM.