About the Authors

Andrew W. Park

awpark@uga.edu

Affiliations Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Krisztian Magori

Current address: School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Brad A. White

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

David E. Stallknecht

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AWP KM DES. Performed the experiments: AWP KM BAW. Analyzed the data: AWP KM BAW. Wrote the paper: AWP KM BAW DES.