About the Authors

Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

iliano.vieiracoutinhoabreugomes2@nih.gov (IVCA); loliveira@niaid.nih.gov (FO); jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Tiago D. Serafim

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Claudio Meneses

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Shaden Kamhawi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Fabiano Oliveira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

iliano.vieiracoutinhoabreugomes2@nih.gov (IVCA); loliveira@niaid.nih.gov (FO); jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jesus G. Valenzuela

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

iliano.vieiracoutinhoabreugomes2@nih.gov (IVCA); loliveira@niaid.nih.gov (FO); jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV)

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.