About the Authors

Camille Szmaragd

Camille.Szmaragd@bristol.ac.uk

Current address: School of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Lower Langford, Somerset, United Kingdom

Affiliation Pirbright Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Anthony J. Wilson

Affiliation Pirbright Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Simon Carpenter

Affiliation Pirbright Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

James L. N. Wood

Affiliation Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Philip S. Mellor

Affiliation Pirbright Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Simon Gubbins

Affiliation Pirbright Laboratory, Division of Epidemiology, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLNW PSM. Performed the experiments: CS SG. Analyzed the data: CS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS AJW SC SG. Wrote the paper: CS SG. Critically revised the manuscript: CS AJW SC JLNW PSM SG.