ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the Malawi Department of National Parks and Wildlife and staff
of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve and Nyika National Park for logistical
support. Original sampling and sequencing were supported by the Field
Museum of Natural History’s Emerging Pathogens Project, funded by the
Davee Foundation and Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust.
Sampling and research were conducted under permits from the Department
of Forestry (License No. 3/12/ 2007/1, granted 10 July 2009, valid 10
July 2009–10 July 2010) and the Department of National Parks and
Wildlife (Ref. No. NPW/2/1/12, granted 6 October 2009, valid
October-November 2009). Staff of the Museums of Malawi, including
Potiphar Kaliba, Christopher Salema, and Nyson Gawani, participated in
the fieldwork and preparation of specimens. We also thank Field Museum
of Natural History (Chicago, IL) staff and associates (current and
former) for support of data collection, including Shannon Hackett, John
Bates, Thomas Gnoske, Heather Skeen, Sarah Kurtis, and Zifeng Jiang. We
thank Jason Weckstein for helpful conversations during the collection
and analyses of microbiome data.