About the Authors

Richard W. Merritt

merrittr@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Edward D. Walker

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Pamela L. C. Small

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

John R. Wallace

Affiliation Department of Biology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul D. R. Johnson

Affiliation Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia

M. Eric Benbow

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel A. Boakye

Affiliation University of Ghana, East Legon, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWM EDW PLCS JRW PDRJ MEB. Analyzed the data: RWM EDW DAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLCS JRW PDRJ MEB DAB. Wrote the paper: RWM. Wrote part of the criteria section of the paper: EDW. Wrote part of the pathogen section: PLCS. Contributed to analyses of particular studies and wrote one section: JRW. Wrote part of the paper on Australia transmission: PDRJ. Wrote part of the landscape epidemiology section: MEB.