About the Authors

Corey L. Brelsfoard

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Yves Séchan

Affiliation Institut Louis Malardé, Papeete, French Polynesia

Stephen L. Dobson

sdobson@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD CB. Performed the experiments: CB. Analyzed the data: SD CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS. Wrote the paper: SD CB. Other: Provided mosquito strains: YS.