About the Authors

Laura W. Pomeroy

pomeroy.26@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Affiliations Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America, Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hyeyoung Kim

Affiliation Department of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Simon Dickmu Jumbo

Affiliation Laboratoire National Veterinaire, Lanavet, Garoua, Cameroon

Souley Abdoulkadiri

Affiliation Laboratoire National Veterinaire, Lanavet, Garoua, Cameroon

Rebecca Garabed

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America, Public Health Preparedness for Infectious Disease Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LWP ONB RG. Performed the experiments: LWP. Analyzed the data: LWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LWP ONB HK SDJ SA RG. Wrote the paper: LWP ONB HK SDJ SA RG.