About the Authors

Kathleen Anne Alexander

kathyalx@vt.edu

Affiliations Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, CARACAL (Center for Conservation of African Resources: Animals, Communities, and Land use), Kasane, Botswana

Jason Kenna Blackburn

Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mark Eric Vandewalle

Affiliation CARACAL (Center for Conservation of African Resources: Animals, Communities, and Land use), Kasane, Botswana

Risa Pesapane

Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Eddie Kekgonne Baipoledi

Affiliation Botswana Department of Veterinary Services, Gaborone, Botswana

Phil H. Elzer

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAA JKB MEV RP EKB PHE. Performed the experiments: KAA EKB RP. Analyzed the data: KAA JKB MEV RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAA JKB PHE. Wrote the paper: KAA JKB. Field work: KAA MEV.