About the Authors

Yara A. Halasa

Affiliation The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donald S. Shepard

shepard@brandeis.edu

Affiliation The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dina M. Fonseca

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Ary Farajollahi

Affiliation Mercer County Mosquito Control, Transportation and Infrastructure Department, Mercer County, West Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America

Sean Healy

Affiliations Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission, Monmouth County, Eatontown, New Jersey, United States of America, Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Randy Gaugler

Affiliation Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Kristen Bartlett-Healy

Affiliations Center for Vector Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Daniel A. Strickman

Affiliation Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Gary G. Clark

Affiliation Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSS YAH. Performed the experiments: DSS YAH DMF AF SH RG KBH DAS GGC. Analyzed the data: DSS YAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DSS YAH. Wrote the paper: DSS YAH DMF AF SH RG KBH DAS GGC.