About the Authors
- Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo
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Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance (Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde), Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Catherine Yen
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Affiliations National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jennifer Cortes
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Affiliations National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Alessandra Araújo Siqueira
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Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance (Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde), Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira
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Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance (Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde), Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Juan José Cortez-Escalante
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Affiliation General Coordination for Analysis of Epidemiologic Information (Coordenação-Geral de Informações e Análises Epidemiológicas), Department for Analysis of Health Data (Departamento de Análise de Situação de Saúde), Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Ben Lopman
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Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Brendan Flannery
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Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Brasilia, Brazil
- Lucia Helena de Oliveira
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Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Eduardo Hage Carmo
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Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance (Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde), Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Manish Patel
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* E-mail: Aul3@CDC.GOV
Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GMIdC CY JC AAS LHdO EHC. Analyzed the data: CY JC AAS WKdO JJC-E BL. Wrote the paper: GMIdC CY JC AAS WKdO JJC-E BL BF LHdO EHC MP. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: GMIdC CY JC AAS WKdO JJC-E BL BF LHdO EHC MP. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: GMIdC CY JC AAS WKdO JJC-E BL BF LHdO EHC MP. Wrote the first draft: MP.