About the Authors

Elizabeth J. Carlton

ejcarlton@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Michael N. Bates

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Bo Zhong

Affiliation Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China

Edmund Y. W. Seto

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert C. Spear

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJC BZ EYWS RCS. Performed the experiments: EJC BZ. Analyzed the data: EJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNB RCS. Wrote the paper: EJC. Edited the paper: MNB BZ EYWS RCS.