About the Authors

Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas

freitas@ioc.fiocruz.br

Affiliation Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil

Gabriel Sylvestre

Affiliation Laboratório de Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil

Mariana Gandini

Affiliation Laboratório de Imunologia Viral, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil

Jacob C. Koella

Affiliation Institut de Biologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMF JCK. Performed the experiments: GS MG. Analyzed the data: JCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG RMF. Wrote the paper: JCK RMF.