About the Authors

Saul Lozano-Fuentes

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

Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas

Affiliation Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Faculdad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico

Maria de Lourdes Munoz

Affiliation Departmento de Genetica y Biologia Molecular, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Julian Garcia-Rejon

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico

Ken E. Olson

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

Barry J. Beaty

bbeaty@lamar.colostate.edu

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

William C. Black IV

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

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLF KEO BJB WCB. Performed the experiments: SLF. Analyzed the data: SLF WCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLF IFS MdLM JGR KEO BJB WCB. Wrote the paper: SLF BJB WCB.