About the Authors

Rita Ribeiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Ribeiro, Anthony J. Wilson, Telmo Nunes

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Anthony J. Wilson

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Ribeiro, Anthony J. Wilson, Telmo Nunes

Affiliation Integrative Entomology Group, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Telmo Nunes

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita Ribeiro, Anthony J. Wilson, Telmo Nunes

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

David W. Ramilo

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Rita Amador

Affiliation Direção-Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, Food and Veterinary Central Services, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal

Sara Madeira

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Filipa M. Baptista

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Lara E. Harrup

Affiliation Entomology Group, Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Javier Lucientes

Affiliation Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Department of Animal Pathology (Animal Health), Veterinary Faculty, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Fernando Boinas

fboinas@fmv.ulisboa.pt

Affiliation Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health (CIISA), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB TN JL RA. Performed the experiments: FB DWR. Analyzed the data: RR AJW TN SM FMB RA LEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJW TN. Wrote the paper: RR AJW TN DWR SM RA FMB JL FB LEH. Bibliographic research: RR SM FB. Data management: RR TN SM RA FMB. Development of the entomological database: TN FMB. Coordinator of the Entomological Surveillance Programme: FB.