1. (PHA) Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0310 USA (e-mail: padler@clemson.edu)
2. (HT) Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC), University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (e-mail: takaoka@oita-u.ac.jp)
3. (IRA) Centre of Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, CIBIR, 26006, Logroño, Spain (e-mail: iruizarr@gmail.com)