About the Authors

Michael G. Buhnerkempe

michael.buhnerkempe@colostate.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Rebecca J. Eisen

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Brandon Goodell

Current address: Department of Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Kenneth L. Gage

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Michael F. Antolin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Colleen T. Webb

Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGB RJE BG KLG MFA CTW. Performed the experiments: MGB BG. Analyzed the data: MGB. Wrote the paper: MGB RJE BG KLG MFA CTW.