About the Authors

Maha Abdeladhim

Contributed equally to this work with: Maha Abdeladhim, Ryan C. Jochim

Affiliation Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Ryan C. Jochim

Contributed equally to this work with: Maha Abdeladhim, Ryan C. Jochim

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Melika Ben Ahmed

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia

Elyes Zhioua

Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Ifhem Chelbi

Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Saifedine Cherni

Affiliation Laboratory of Vector Ecology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Hechmi Louzir

Affiliations Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jesus G. Valenzuela

jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed experiments: JGV MA. Performed the experiments: MA JGV IC SC. Analyzed the data: JGV MA JMCR RCJ MBA EZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC SC EZ HL JMCR. Wrote the manuscript: MA JGV RJC MBA.