About the Authors

Jaymin C. Patel

jaymin86@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jenna Oberstaller

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Maniphet Xayavong

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jothikumar Narayanan

Affiliation Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeremy D. DeBarry

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ganesh Srinivasamoorthy

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Leopoldo Villegas

Affiliation Asociación Civil Impacto Social, Tumeremo, Venezuela

Ananias A. Escalante

Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona, United States of America

Alexandre DaSilva

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David S. Peterson

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica C. Kissinger

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Affiliations Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Naomi W. Lucchi

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCP NWL JCK VU JN. Performed the experiments: JCP JN NWL JO GS JDD DSP JCK. Analyzed the data: JCP NWL VU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MX AD LV AAE JWB. Wrote the paper: JCP JO JDD JCK NWL VU.