About the Authors

Lauren B. Carrington

lbcarrington@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

M. Veronica Armijos

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Louis Lambrechts

Affiliation Insects and Infectious Diseases, CNRS URA 3012, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Christopher M. Barker

Affiliations Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas W. Scott

Affiliations Department of Entomology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LBC CMB LL TWS. Performed the experiments: LBC MVA. Analyzed the data: LBC CMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TWS. Wrote the paper: LBC.