About the Authors

Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec

gmvazqu@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Luis F. Chaves

Affiliations Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica

Scott A. Ritchie

Affiliations Cairns Tropical Public Health Unit, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Joe Davis

Affiliation Cairns Tropical Public Health Unit, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Uriel Kitron

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GMVP LFC SAR UK. Performed the experiments: GMVP LFC. Analyzed the data: GMVP LFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAR JD. Wrote the paper: GMVP LFC SAR UK.