About the Authors

Daniel G. Streicker

dstrike@uga.edu

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Rabies Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philippe Lemey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Andres Velasco-Villa

Affiliation Rabies Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles E. Rupprecht

Affiliation Rabies Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGS PL. Performed the experiments: DGS. Analyzed the data: DGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL AVV CER. Wrote the paper: DGS PL AVV CER.