About the Authors

Jun Li

junli@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jose M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Guiyun Yan

Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JMCR GY. Performed the experiments: JL. Analyzed the data: JL JMCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL JMCR. Wrote the paper: JL JMCR GY.