About the Authors

K. Marie McIntyre

k.m.mcintyre@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Leahurst, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Christian Setzkorn

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Leahurst, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Philip J. Hepworth

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Serge Morand

Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, Unité de recherche (UR) Animal et Gestion Intégrée des Risques (AGIRs), La Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement/Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, France

Andrew P. Morse

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Roxby Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Matthew Baylis

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging Infections (including Zoonoses) and Biological Threats, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMM SM AM MB. Performed the experiments: KMM CS PH. Analyzed the data: KMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMM CS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KMM MB.