About the Authors

Dawn M. Roellig

iyd4@cdc.gov

Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Mason Y. Savage

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

A. Wendy Fujita

Affiliation Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Christian Barnabé

Affiliation MIVEGEC (Université de Montpellier 1 et 2 - CNRS 5290 - IRD 224), Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Representation in Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia

Michel Tibayrenc

Affiliation MIVEGEC (Université de Montpellier 1 et 2 - CNRS 5290 - IRD 224), Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement/Université Montpellier I/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRD Center, Montpellier, France

Frank J. Steurer

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

Michael J. Yabsley

Affiliations Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, D.B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMR MJY. Performed the experiments: DMR MYS AWF MJY. Analyzed the data: DMR MYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB MT FJS. Wrote the paper: DMR CB MT MJY.