About the Authors

Pinki Mondal

pm2658@columbia.edu

Current address: Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Andrew J. Tatem

Affiliations Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJT. Analyzed the data: PM AJT. Wrote the paper: PM AJT.