About the Authors

A. Townsend Peterson

town@ku.edu

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Lina M. Moses

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Daniel G. Bausch

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATP DGB LMM. Performed the experiments: ATP. Analyzed the data: ATP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ATP DGB LMM.