About the Authors

Heather M. Ferguson

Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Anna Dornhaus

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Arlyne Beeche

Affiliation International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Christian Borgemeister

Affiliation International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

Michael Gottlieb

Affiliation Foundation of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mir S. Mulla

Affiliation University of California, Riverside, California, United States of America

John E. Gimnig

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia, United States of America

Durland Fish

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Gerry F. Killeen

gkilleen@ihi.or.tz

Affiliations Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

With the exception of AD, AB, and MG, all the authors stand to gain from increased funding in the field of vector ecology.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: HMF AD AB CB MG MM JG DF GFK. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: HMF AD AB CB MG MM JG DF GFK. Wrote the first draft of the paper: GFK. Contributed to the writing of the paper: HMF AD AB CB MG MM JG DF. Participated in initial conception of the manuscript: JEG. HMF and GFK drafted the manuscript in consultation with all the other authors, all of whom contributed to the editing and finalization of the submitted draft.