About the Authors

Janet M. Meredith

Contributed equally to this work with: Janet M. Meredith, Sanjay Basu

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Sanjay Basu

Contributed equally to this work with: Janet M. Meredith, Sanjay Basu

Affiliations Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Derric D. Nimmo

Affiliations Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, Oxitec Ltd, Milton Park, Oxford, United Kingdom

Isabelle Larget-Thiery

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Center for Production and Infection of Anopheles, Parasitology and Mycology Department, Paris, France

Emma L. Warr

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Ann Underhill

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Clare C. McArthur

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Victoria Carter

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Hilary Hurd

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Catherine Bourgouin

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Center for Production and Infection of Anopheles, Parasitology and Mycology Department, Paris, France

Paul Eggleston

p.eggleston@biol.keele.ac.uk.

Affiliation Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PE. Performed the experiments: JMM SB ILT ELW AU CCM VC HH CB PE. Analyzed the data: JMM SB PE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM SB DDN PE. Wrote the paper: JMM PE.