About the Authors

Elizabeth A. Cromwell

elizabeth.cromwell@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Steven T. Stoddard

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Christopher M. Barker

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Annelies Van Rie

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

William B. Messer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Steven R. Meshnick

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Amy C. Morrison

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Thomas W. Scott

Affiliation Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EAC STS AVR SRM WBM ACM TWS. Data curation: EAC. Formal analysis: EAC. Funding acquisition: EAC SRM ACM STS TWS. Investigation: STS CMB ACM TWS. Methodology: EAC STS AVR ACM TWS. Software: EAC. Supervision: STS CMB AVR WBM SRM ACM TWS. Writing – original draft: EAC. Writing – review & editing: EAC STS CMB AVR SRM WBM ACM TWS.