About the Authors

Il Hwan Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Il Hwan Kim, Julio César Castillo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Julio César Castillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Il Hwan Kim, Julio César Castillo

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

Current address: Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Panama, Panama City, Panama.

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Azadeh Aryan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Entomology and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States of America

Inés Martin-Martin

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Marcela Nouzova

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, United States of America, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Fernando G. Noriega

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, United States of America

Ana Beatriz F. Barletta

Roles Investigation

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Eric Calvo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Zachary N. Adelman

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Entomology and AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States of America

José M. C. Ribeiro

Roles Investigation

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

John F. Andersen

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

john.andersen@nih.gov

Affiliation NIH/NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, 12735 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.