About the Authors

Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez

drmarodriguez@hotmail.com

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México

Alfredo Domínguez-Vázquez

Affiliation Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Thomas R. Unnasch

Affiliation Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Hassan K. Hassan

Affiliation Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Juan I. Arredondo-Jiménez

Affiliation Dirección de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector, Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades, Secretaria de Salud, México D.F., Mexico

María Eugenia Orozco-Algarra

Affiliation Dirección de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector, Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades, Secretaria de Salud, México D.F., Mexico

Kristel B. Rodríguez-Morales

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México

Isabel C. Rodríguez-Luna

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México

Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco

Affiliation Programa para la Eliminación de la Oncocercosis en Chiapas, Departamento de Prevención y Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MARP ADV TRU. Performed the experiments: HKH KBRM ICRL FGPV. Analyzed the data: MARP ADV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JIAJ MEOA. Wrote the paper: MARP TRU.