About the Authors

Walter S. Leal

wsleal@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rosângela M. R. Barbosa

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Ageu Magalhaes-Fiocruz, Recife, Brazil

Wei Xu

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Yuko Ishida

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Zainulabeuddin Syed

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nicolas Latte

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Angela M. Chen

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Tania I. Morgan

Affiliation Honorary Maeda-Duffey Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anthony J. Cornel

Affiliation Mosquito Control Research Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

André Furtado

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Ageu Magalhaes-Fiocruz, Recife, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL. Performed the experiments: WL RMRB WX YI ZS NL AMC TIM AJC AF. Analyzed the data: WL YI ZS AJC AF. Wrote the paper: WL.