About the Authors

Vassiliki Bariami

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Crete, Haraklio, Greece

Christopher M. Jones

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Rodolphe Poupardin

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

John Vontas

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Crete, Haraklio, Greece

Hilary Ranson

hranson@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JV HR. Performed the experiments: VB CMJ. Analyzed the data: VB CMJ RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP. Wrote the paper: HR VB.