About the Authors

Steven W. Adamson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Rebecca E. Browning

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Khemraj Budachetri

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Vector Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shahid Karim

shahid.karim@usm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWA SK. Performed the experiments: SWA RB KB SK. Analyzed the data: SWA JMCR SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMCR SK. Wrote the manuscript: SWA JMCR SK.