About the Authors

Inaki Tirados

Affiliation Natural Resource Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom

Johan Esterhuizen

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jean Baptiste Rayaisse

Affiliation Centre International de Recherche et Développement sur l'Élevage en Zone Subhumide, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Abdoulaye Diarrassouba

Affiliation Institut Pierre Richet, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Dramane Kaba

Affiliation Institut Pierre Richet, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Serge Mpiana

Affiliation Laboratoire Vétérinaire Central de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Glyn A. Vale

Affiliation Natural Resource Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom

Philippe Solano

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 177 IRD-CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Michael J. Lehane

m.j.lehane@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Torr

Affiliation Natural Resource Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IT JE JBR DK GAV PS MJL SJT. Performed the experiments: IT JE JBR AD DK SM. Analyzed the data: IT GAV MJL SJT. Wrote the paper: IT GAV MJL SJT.