About the Authors

Gesham Magombedze

gmagombedze@nimbios.org; gmagombedze@gmail.com

Affiliations National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Shigetoshi Eda

Affiliation Center for Wildlife Health, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Ad Koets

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and Epidemiology, Central Veterinary Institute, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM. Performed the experiments: AK. Analyzed the data: GM SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM SE AK. Wrote the paper: GM SE AK.