About the Authors

Mourad W. Gabriel

mwgabriel@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Integral Ecology Research Center, Blue Lake, California, United States of America, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Leslie W. Woods

Affiliation California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Robert Poppenga

Affiliation California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rick A. Sweitzer

Affiliation Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Craig Thompson

Affiliation Pacific Southwest Research Station-Sierra Nevada Research Center, United States Forest Service, Fresno California, United States of America

Sean M. Matthews

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Hoopa, California, United States of America

J. Mark Higley

Affiliation Wildlife Department, Hoopa Tribal Forestry, Hoopa, California, United States of America

Stefan M. Keller

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kathryn Purcell

Affiliation Pacific Southwest Research Station-Sierra Nevada Research Center, United States Forest Service, Fresno California, United States of America

Reginald H. Barrett

Affiliation Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Greta M. Wengert

Affiliation Integral Ecology Research Center, Blue Lake, California, United States of America

Benjamin N. Sacks

Affiliation Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Deana L. Clifford

Affiliation Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Game, Rancho Cordova, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWG LWW RHP RAS CT SMM JMH SMK KP RHB GMW DLC. Performed the experiments: MWG LWW RHP RAS CT SMM JMH SMK KP RHB GMW DLC. Analyzed the data: MWG LWW RHP RAS CT SMM JMH SMK KP RHB GMW BNS DLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWG LWW RHP RAS CT SMM JMH SMK KP RHB GMW DLC. Wrote the paper: MWG LWW RHP GMW BNS DLC. Acquisition of funding: MWG RAS CT SMM JMH KP RHB GMW.