About the Authors

Sarah H. Olson

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Jane Parmley

Affiliation Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre – Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Catherine Soos

Affiliation Environment Canada, Science & Technology Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Martin Gilbert

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Neus Latorre-Margalef

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems (EEMiS), Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Hall

Affiliation United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Phillip M. Hansbro

Affiliation Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Leighton

Affiliation Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Vincent Munster

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Damien Joly

djoly@metabiota.com

Affiliation Metabiota, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: Damien Joly is employed by Metabiota. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHO JP CS MG NLM JSH PMH FL VM DJ. Performed the experiments: SHO JP CS MG NLM JSH PMH FL VM DJ. Analyzed the data: SHO JP CS MG NLM JSH PMH FL VM DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHO JP CS MG NLM JSH PMH FL VM DJ. Wrote the paper: SHO JP CS MG NLM JSH PMH FL VM DJ.