About the Authors

Nicole L. Gottdenker

gottdenk@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Luis Fernando Chaves

Affiliations Graduate School of Environmental Sciences and Global Center of Excellence Program on Integrated Field Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica

José E. Calzada

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama

Azael Saldaña

Affiliation Departamento de Parasitología, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama

C. Ronald Carroll

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLG CRC JEC AS. Performed the experiments: NLG JEC AS. Analyzed the data: NLG LFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLG JEC AS LFC. Wrote the paper: NLG LFC.