About the Authors

Sharon L. Deem

deem@stlzoo.org

Affiliation Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Eric M. Fèvre

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, United Kingdom, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Margaret Kinnaird

Affiliations Mpala Research Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya, Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Programs, Bronx, New York, United States of America

A. Springer Browne

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory, Hopkirk Research Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Dishon Muloi

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Gert-Jan Godeke

Affiliation Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Marion Koopmans

Affiliations Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Chantal B. Reusken

Affiliation Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLD EMF MK. Performed the experiments: SLD EM MK ASB DM GJG MK CBR. Analyzed the data: SLD EM MK CBR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLD EMF GJG MK CBR. Wrote the paper: SLD EMF MK ASB CBR.