About the Authors

Carol de Jong

carol.deJong@daff.qld.gov.au

Affiliation Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

Hume Field

Affiliations Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Anson Tagtag

Affiliation Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Quezon City, Philippines

Tom Hughes

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Dina Dechmann

Affiliation Max Planck Institute of Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany

Sarah Jayme

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Makati City, Philippines

Jonathan Epstein

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Craig Smith

Affiliation Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

Imelda Santos

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Makati City, Philippines

Davinio Catbagan

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Quezon City, Philippines

Mundita Lim

Affiliation Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Quezon City, Philippines

Carolyn Benigno

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP), Bangkok, Thailand

Peter Daszak

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Scott Newman

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Hanoi, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HF AT IS DC ML JE CB PD SN. Performed the experiments: CdJ HF AT TH DD SJ JE SN. Analyzed the data: CdJ HF AT TH DD CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH DD CS. Wrote the paper: CdJ HF AT TH DD SJ JE CS IS DC ML CB PD SN. Coordinated and faciliated the project: SJ IS DC ML CB PD SN.