About the Authors

Susan M. Rottschaefer

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Michelle M. Riehle

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Boubacar Coulibaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Madjou Sacko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Oumou Niaré

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Isabelle Morlais

Affiliation Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement IRD-OCEAC, Yaoundé, Cameroun

Sekou F. Traoré

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Kenneth D. Vernick

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Brian P. Lazzaro

bplazzaro@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: SMR MMR KDV BPL. Performed the experiments: SMR MMR. Analyzed the data: SMR BPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMR BC MS ON IM SFT KDV. Wrote the paper: SMR MMR BC MS ON IM SFT KDV BPL.