About the Authors

Gabriel L. Hamer

ghamer@msu.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Luis F. Chaves

Affiliations Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, Graduate School of Environmental Science & Global Center of Excellence Program on Integrated Field and Environmental Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Tavis K. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Uriel D. Kitron

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Brawn

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Marilyn O. Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Scott R. Loss

Affiliation Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Edward D. Walker

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Tony L. Goldberg

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLH UDK JDB MOR EDW TLG. Performed the experiments: GLH SRL. Analyzed the data: GLH LFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDW. Wrote the paper: GLH LFC TKA.