About the Authors

Francesca Scolamacchia

Affiliation The Roslin Institute at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Ian G. Handel

Affiliation The Roslin Institute at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Eric M. Fèvre

Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kenton L. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Neston, Wirral, United Kingdom

Vincent N. Tanya

Affiliation Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon

Barend M. de C. Bronsvoort

mark.bronsvoort@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation The Roslin Institute at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin Biocentre, Roslin, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM VNT BMdCB. Performed the experiments: BMdCB. Analyzed the data: FS IGH EMF BMdCB. Wrote the paper: FS IGH EMF KM VNT BMdCB.