About the Authors

Douglas M. Watts

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

dwatts2@utep.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Cynthia M. Rodriguez

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Pedro M. Palermo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Veronica Suarez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Susan J. Wong

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

Affiliation Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America

Jeanette Orbegozo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Alan P. Dupuis

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, NY, United States of America

Laura D. Kramer

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, NY, United States of America

Fernando J. Gonzalez

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Gilbert A. Handel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.