About the Authors

Vanja Kovacic

vkovacic@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Inaki Tirados

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Johan Esterhuizen

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Clement T. N. Mangwiro

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe

Stephen J. Torr

Affiliations Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Michael J. Lehane

Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Helen Smith

Affiliation Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK HS. Performed the experiments: VK. Analyzed the data: VK HS. Wrote the paper: VK IT JE CTNM SJT MJL HS. Designed the figures: IT.