About the Authors
- Richard W. Merritt
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* E-mail: merrittr@msu.edu
Affiliation Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Edward D. Walker
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Affiliation Department of Entomology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
- Pamela L. C. Small
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
- John R. Wallace
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Paul D. R. Johnson
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Affiliation Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- M. Eric Benbow
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
- Daniel A. Boakye
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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.