About the Authors

Bryson A. Ndenga

bndenga@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Zoological Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Jemimah A. Simbauni

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Jenard P. Mbugi

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Andrew K. Githeko

Affiliation Department of Zoological Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Ulrike Fillinger

Affiliation Disease Control and Vector Biology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAN JAS JPM AKG UF. Performed the experiments: BAN UF. Analyzed the data: BAN UF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAN UF. Wrote the paper: BAN UF. Read and approved the final manuscript: BAN JAS JPM AKG UF.