About the Authors

Clare Strode

c.strode@liv.ac.uk

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

Maria de Melo-Santos

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, s/n Cidade Universitária, Recife-PE, Brazil

Tereza Magalhães

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, s/n Cidade Universitária, Recife-PE, Brazil

Ana Araújo

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, s/n Cidade Universitária, Recife-PE, Brazil

Contancia Ayres

Affiliation Departamento de Entomologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães/FIOCRUZ, s/n Cidade Universitária, Recife-PE, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS CA. Performed the experiments: CS MM TM AA CA. Analyzed the data: CS MM TM AA CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS MM TM AA CA. Wrote the paper: CS CA.