About the Authors

Abdalla A. Latif

latifa@arc.agric.za

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

John F. Putterill

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Daniel G. de Klerk

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Ronel Pienaar

Affiliation Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Ben J. Mans

Affiliations Parasites, Vectors and Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Agricultural Research Council–Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAL JFP DDK RP BJM. Performed the experiments: AAL JFP DDK RP BJM. Analyzed the data: AAL JFP DDK RP BJM. Wrote the paper: AAL JFP DDK RP BJM.