About the Authors

Antoine Nougairede

antoine.nougairede@univ-amu.fr

Affiliation Aix Marseille Univ, IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, UMR_D 190 “Emergence des Pathologies Virales,” Marseille, France

Lauriane De Fabritus

Affiliation Aix Marseille Univ, IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, UMR_D 190 “Emergence des Pathologies Virales,” Marseille, France

Fabien Aubry

Affiliation Aix Marseille Univ, IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, UMR_D 190 “Emergence des Pathologies Virales,” Marseille, France

Ernest A. Gould

Affiliation Aix Marseille Univ, IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, UMR_D 190 “Emergence des Pathologies Virales,” Marseille, France

Edward C. Holmes

Affiliations Sydney Emerging Infections and Biosecurity Institute, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xavier de Lamballerie

Affiliation Aix Marseille Univ, IRD French Institute of Research for Development, EHESP French School of Public Health, UMR_D 190 “Emergence des Pathologies Virales,” Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XDL AN. Performed the experiments: AN LDF FA. Analyzed the data: AN LDF FA EAG ECH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN LDF FA ECH. Conducted the experiments: AN. Wrote the paper: AN. Supervised the manuscript writing: EAG ECH XDL.