About the Authors

Brett M. Forshey

brett.m.forshey.ctr@mail.mil

Current address: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Perú

Robert C. Reiner

Affiliations Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sandra Olkowski

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Amy C. Morrison

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

Angelica Espinoza

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Perú

Kanya C. Long

Affiliations Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America

Stalin Vilcarromero

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Perú

Wilma Casanova

Affiliations Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Perú, Dirección Regional de Salud Loreto, Iquitos, Perú

Helen J. Wearing

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

Eric S. Halsey

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Perú

Tadeusz J. Kochel

Affiliation U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima and Iquitos, Perú

Thomas W. Scott

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

Steven T. Stoddard

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACM KCL SV ESH BMF STS TJK TWS. Performed the experiments: ACM KCL AE BMF STS. Analyzed the data: RCR HJW STS BMF SO ACM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESH TJK TWS. Wrote the paper: BMF SO RCR HJW STS TWS ACM KCL. Coordinated regional Ministry of Health approval and oversight: WC.