About the Authors

Daniel R. Swale

Current address: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Baonan Sun

Affiliation University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Fan Tong

Affiliation University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jeffrey R. Bloomquist

jbquist@epi.ufl.edu

Affiliation University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS BS FT JB. Performed the experiments: DS BS FT. Analyzed the data: DS BS FT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB. Wrote the paper: DS BS FT JB.