About the Authors

Wenjun Li

Current address: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Research Drive, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.

Affiliation URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Gabriel Ortiz

Affiliation URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Pierre-Edouard Fournier

Affiliation URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Gregory Gimenez

Affiliation URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

David L. Reed

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Barry Pittendrigh

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Didier Raoult

Didier.raoult@gmail.com

Affiliation URMITE, UMR CNRS 6236, IRD 198, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR. Performed the experiments: WL GO GG. Analyzed the data: WL GO PEF GG DLR BP DR. Wrote the paper: WL PEF DLR BP DR.