About the Authors

Mario J. Grijalva

grijalva@ohio.edu, trypo2@gmail.com

Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Research, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

David Terán

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Olivier Dangles

Affiliations Laboratory of Entomology, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UR 072, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation, UPR 9034, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Gif sur Yvette, France et Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor San Andrés, Cotacota, La Paz, Bolivia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJG DT OD. Performed the experiments: DT OD. Analyzed the data: DT OD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJG DT OD. Wrote the paper: MJG DT OD.