About the Authors

Renate C. Smallegange

renate.smallegange@gmail.com (RCS); james.logan@lshtm.ac.uk (JL)

Affiliations Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Center, EH Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

Geert-Jan van Gemert

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Marga van de Vegte-Bolmer

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Salvador Gezan

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Willem Takken

Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research Center, EH Wageningen, The Netherlands

Robert W. Sauerwein

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

James G. Logan

renate.smallegange@gmail.com (RCS); james.logan@lshtm.ac.uk (JL)

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: R. Smallegange JL R. Sauerwein. Performed the experiments: R. Smallegange. Analyzed the data: R. Smallegange JL SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GvG MvdV R. Sauerwein. Wrote the paper: R. Smallegange JL SG GvG MvdV R. Sauerwein WT.