About the Authors

Kristine M. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristine M. Smith, Simon J. Anthony

ksmith@ecohealthalliance.org

Current address: EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Simon J. Anthony

Contributed equally to this work with: Kristine M. Smith, Simon J. Anthony

Affiliations EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

William M. Switzer

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan H. Epstein

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Tracie Seimon

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Hongwei Jia

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maria D. Sanchez

Affiliations EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Thanh Thao Huynh

Affiliation Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

G. Gale Galland

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sheryl E. Shapiro

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jonathan M. Sleeman

Affiliation United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Denise McAloose

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Margot Stuchin

Affiliations Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

George Amato

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis

Affiliation Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

W. Ian Lipkin

Affiliation Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

William B. Karesh

Current address: EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Daszak

Affiliation EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America

Nina Marano

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS SA WS NM GG SS JE TS PD DM WK WL GA S-OK JS. Performed the experiments: KS SA TS M.Sanchez M.Stuchin HJ WS SS TH DM S-OK. Analyzed the data: KS SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS WL WS JS GA NM GG SS PD JE WK. Wrote the paper: KS SA WS. Provided access to confiscated specimens: NM GG.