About the Authors

Molly Duman-Scheel

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mscheel@nd.edu

Affiliations Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Kathleen K. Eggleson

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Nicole L. Achee

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

John P. Grieco

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliations Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Limb K. Hapairai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Drs. Duman-Scheel and Eggleson were named as inventors on a pending patent application entitled “RNAi Insecticide Materials and Methods” (International Patent Application No.: 62/361,704). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.