About the Authors

Goudarz Molaei

Goudarz.Molaei@ct.gov, gmolaei@hotmail.com

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael C. Thomas

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Tim Muller

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Jan Medlock

Affiliation Department of Biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

John J. Shepard

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Philip M. Armstrong

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Theodore G. Andreadis

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM TGA. Performed the experiments: GM MCT. Analyzed the data: GM MCT TM JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM MCT TM JM JJS TGA. Wrote the paper: GM MCT TM JM JJS PMA TGA.