About the Authors

Diawo Diallo

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Amadou A. Sall

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Michaela Buenemann

Affiliation Departments of Geography and Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Rubing Chen

Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Oumar Faye

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Cheikh T. Diagne

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Ousmane Faye

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Yamar Ba

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Ibrahima Dia

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Douglas Watts

Affiliation University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Scott C. Weaver

sweaver@utmb.edu

Affiliation Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kathryn A. Hanley

Affiliation Departments of Geography and Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Mawlouth Diallo

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD AAS MB Oumar Faye DW SCW KAH MD. Performed the experiments: DD AAS Oumar Faye RC CTD YB ID KAH MD Ousmayne Faye. Analyzed the data: DD MB KAH MD Ousmayne Faye. Wrote the paper: DD MB KAH MD.