About the Authors

Panpim Thongsripong

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Amy Green

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America

Pattamaporn Kittayapong

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University at Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Durrell Kapan

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Center for Comparative Genomics, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Center for Conservation Research Training, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States of America

Bruce Wilcox

Affiliations Center of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University at Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Integrative Research and Education Program, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Shannon Bennett

sbennett@calacademy.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT AG DK BW PK SB. Performed the experiments: PT AG. Analyzed the data: PT AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PT DK SB PK BW. Wrote the paper: PT SB AG DK.