About the Authors

Naomi A. Dyer

Contributed equally to this work with: Naomi A. Dyer, Sophie Ravel

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sophie Ravel

Contributed equally to this work with: Naomi A. Dyer, Sophie Ravel

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD, LRCT Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France

Kwang-Shik Choi

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Alistair C. Darby

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sandrine Causse

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD, LRCT Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France

Berisha Kapitano

Affiliation Southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia Tsetse Eradication Project, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Martin J. R. Hall

Affiliation Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Keith Steen

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Pascal Lutumba

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Joules Madinga

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kinshasa University, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Steve J. Torr

Affiliation Agriculture, Health and Environment Group, National Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom

Loyce M. Okedi

Affiliation National Livestock Resources Research Institute, Tororo, Uganda

Michael J. Lehane

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Martin J. Donnelly

m.j.donnelly@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology, 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: NAD SR MJD. Performed the experiments: NAR SR KSC ACD SC MJRH KS. Analyzed the data: NAD SR MJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BK PL JM ST LMO MJL. Wrote the manuscript: NAD SR MJD.