About the Authors

Anna M. Stewart Ibarra

stewarta@upstate.edu

Affiliations Center for Global Health and Translational Sciences, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, National Service for the Control of Vector-Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Machala, Ecuador, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Sadie J. Ryan

Affiliations Center for Global Health and Translational Sciences, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Efrain Beltrán

Affiliation National Service for the Control of Vector-Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Machala, Ecuador

Raúl Mejía

Affiliation National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mercy Silva

Affiliation National Service for the Control of Vector-Borne Diseases, Ministry of Health, Machala, Ecuador

Ángel Muñoz

Affiliations International Institute of Climate and Society, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Centro de Modelado Científico, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMSI MS EB AM. Performed the experiments: AMSI MS AM. Analyzed the data: AMSI SJR AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB RM SJR AMSI AM. Wrote the paper: AMSI SJR AM.