About the Authors

Jennifer S. Lord

jennifer.suzanne.lord@gmail.com

Affiliations Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Hasan Mohammad Al-Amin

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sumit Chakma

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Shafiul Alam

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Emily S. Gurley

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Juliet R. C. Pulliam

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSL JRCP ESG MSA. Performed the experiments: JSL HMAA SC. Analyzed the data: JSL JRCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSL JRCP MSH. Wrote the paper: JSL HMAA SC MSH ESG.