About the Authors

Michelle M. Riehle

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Riehle, Jiannong Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jiannong Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle M. Riehle, Jiannong Xu

Current address: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Brian P. Lazzaro

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Susan M. Rottschaefer

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Boubacar Coulibaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Madjou Sacko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Oumou Niare

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Isabelle Morlais

Affiliation Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD-OCEAC, Yaoundé, Cameroun

Sekou F. Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Kenneth D. Vernick

kvernick@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMR JX SFT KV. Performed the experiments: MMR JX BPL SMR BC MS ON IM. Analyzed the data: MMR JX KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMR JX BPL. Wrote the paper: MMR JX KV.