About the Authors

Inge Holm

Contributed equally to this work with: Inge Holm, Catherine Lavazec, Thierry Garnier

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Catherine Lavazec

Contributed equally to this work with: Inge Holm, Catherine Lavazec, Thierry Garnier

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Thierry Garnier

Contributed equally to this work with: Inge Holm, Catherine Lavazec, Thierry Garnier

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Christian Mitri

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Michelle M. Riehle

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Emmanuel Bischoff

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Emma Brito-Fravallo

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Eizo Takashima

Current address: Cell-Free Science and Technology Research Center, Ehime-University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Isabelle Thiery

Affiliation Centre de Production et Infection des Anophèles (CEPIA), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Agnes Zettor

Affiliation Centre de Production et Infection des Anophèles (CEPIA), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Stephane Petres

Affiliation Centre de Production de Protéines recombinantes et d’Anticorps, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Catherine Bourgouin

Affiliation Centre de Production et Infection des Anophèles (CEPIA), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Kenneth D. Vernick

Affiliations Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Karin Eiglmeier

kei@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Unit of Insect Vector Genetics and Genomics, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, CNRS Unit URA3012: Hosts, Vectors and Infectious Agents, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IH CL CM TG KE KDV. Performed the experiments: IH CL CM TG KE MMR. Analyzed the data: IH CL CM TG KE MMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EBF EB ET IT AZ SP CB. Wrote the paper: KE CL CM TG IH MMR KDV.