About the Authors

Rafal Tokarz

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafal Tokarz, Cadhla Firth

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Cadhla Firth

Contributed equally to this work with: Rafal Tokarz, Cadhla Firth

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Craig Street

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Diana L. Cox-Foster

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

W. Ian Lipkin

wil2001@columbia.edu

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RT CF CS DLC-F WIL. Performed the experiments: RT CF CS. Analyzed the data: RT CF CS WIL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLC-F WIL. Wrote the paper: RT CF CS DLC-F WIL.