About the Authors

Saliha Eksi

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Belinda J. Morahan

Affiliations Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yoseph Haile

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tetsuya Furuya

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

Hongying Jiang

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

Omar Ali

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Huichun Xu

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genomics Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kirakorn Kiattibutr

Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Amreena Suri

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Beata Czesny

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Adebowale Adeyemo

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genomics Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Timothy G. Myers

Affiliation Genomic Technologies Section, Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jetsumon Sattabongkot

Affiliation Department of Entomology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Xin-zhuan Su

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

Kim C. Williamson

kwilli4@luc.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE BJM YH TF HJ OA HX KK TGM JS XS KCW. Performed the experiments: SE BM YH TF HJ OA HX KK AS BC. Analyzed the data: SE BJM YH TF HJ OA HX KK AS BC AA TGM JS XS KCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK JS. Wrote the paper: SE BM TF HX TGM XS KW.