About the Authors

Georgies F. Mgode

gfmgode@hotmail.com, gmgode@suanet.ac.tz

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Robert S. Machang’u

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Ginethon G. Mhamphi

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Abdul Katakweba

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Loth S. Mulungu

Affiliation Pest Management Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

Lies Durnez

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Herwig Leirs

Affiliation Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

Rudy A. Hartskeerl

Affiliation Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), KIT Biomedical Research, WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Steven R. Belmain

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GFM RSM HL RAH SRB. Performed the experiments: GFM GGM AK LD. Analyzed the data: GFM LSM SRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAH LSM RSM. Wrote the paper: GFM SRB RAH RSM HL.