About the Authors

Steven T. Stoddard

ststoddard@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Helen J. Wearing

Affiliation University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Robert C. Reiner Jr

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Amy C. Morrison

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Helvio Astete

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Stalin Vilcarromero

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Carlos Alvarez

Affiliation Loreto Regional Health Department, Iquitos, Peru

Cesar Ramal-Asayag

Affiliation Hospital Regional Iquitos, Iquitos, Peru

Moises Sihuincha

Affiliation Hospital Apoyo Iquitos, Iquitos, Peru

Claudio Rocha

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Eric S. Halsey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Thomas W. Scott

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tadeusz J. Kochel

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Brett M. Forshey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. ESH and TJK are military service members and SV and CR are employees of the U.S. Government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties. Title 17 U.S.C. § 105 provides that “Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government.” Title 17 U.S.C. § 101 defines a U.S. Government work as a work prepared by a military service members or employees of the U.S. Government as part of those persons' official duties.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: STS HJW RCR TJK BMF. Performed the experiments: HA SV CR ESH TJK BMF. Analyzed the data: STS HJW RCR BMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: STS HJW RCR CA CRA MS ESH TJK. Wrote the paper: STS HJW ACM TWS BMF.