About the Authors

C. Jessica E. Metcalf

charlotte.metcalf@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Katie Hampson

Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Tatem

Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Bryan T. Grenfell

Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Affiliations Fogarty International Center; National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJEM KH ONB. Performed the experiments: CJEM AT. Analyzed the data: CJEM AT ONB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT KH. Wrote the paper: CJEM AT KH ONB BT.