About the Authors

Jorge Azpurua

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Dianne De La Cruz

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Anayansi Valderama

Affiliation Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estúdios para la Salud, Panamá, República de Panamá

Donald Windsor

windsord@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá, República de Panamá

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDlC AV. Performed the experiments: JA DDlC. Analyzed the data: JA DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW. Wrote the paper: JA DW.