About the Authors

Philip M. Armstrong

Philip.Armstrong@ct.gov

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Theodore G. Andreadis

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

John J. Shepard

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael C. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PMA TGA JJS MCT. Formal analysis: PMA JJS. Funding acquisition: PMA TGA. Investigation: JJS MCT. Methodology: PMA TGA JJS MCT. Project administration: PMA TGA. Resources: PMA TGA. Supervision: PMA TGA JJS MCT. Visualization: JJS MCT. Writing – original draft: PMA. Writing – review & editing: TGA JJS MCT.