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Correspondence: Luis F Chaves, Email: lfchave@emory.edu
Authors' Contributions: LFC proposed the research idea, designed research, wrote an initial ms draft, and wrote additional files 1, 2, and 4.
LCH wrote additional file 3.
Database search and study selection was done by CLK and AMN, with feedback from LFC, LCH & UDK.
CLK prepared Tables 1 and 2.
AMN prepared additional files 5, 6, and 7.
DK helped to write additional file 2, provided comments on the spatial scale of studies.
All authors performed research, contributed to the final draft, and have read and approved the manuscript.
Acknowledgments: We thank the NIH-RAPIDD program on Mosquito-borne diseases for promoting discussions leading to this manuscript.
Disclosures: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
This work was funded by a Gorgas Research Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LFC), Emory University and NSF Ecology of Infectious Disease Grant 0840403.
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