About the Authors

Thibaud Porphyre

t.porphyre@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Epidemiology Group, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Harriet K. Auty

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Unit, Scotland’s Rural College, Inverness, United Kingdom

Michael J. Tildesley

Affiliation Centre for Complexity Science, Zeeman Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

George J. Gunn

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Unit, Scotland’s Rural College, Inverness, United Kingdom

Mark E. J. Woolhouse

Affiliation Epidemiology Group, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TP HA MW. Performed the experiments: TP. Analyzed the data: TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP MT. Wrote the manuscript: TP HA MW MT GG.