About the Authors

Pere P. Simarro

Contributed equally to this work with: Pere P. Simarro, Giuliano Cecchi

simarrop@who.int

Affiliation Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Giuliano Cecchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Pere P. Simarro, Giuliano Cecchi

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

José R. Franco

Affiliation Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Massimo Paone

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Abdoulaye Diarra

Affiliation Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo

José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo

Affiliation Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt

Eric M. Fèvre

Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Raffaele C. Mattioli

Affiliation Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Jean G. Jannin

Affiliation Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PPS GC. Performed the experiments: PPS GC JRF MP. Analyzed the data: PPS GC JRF MP AD JARP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPS GC JRF MP EMF. Wrote the paper: PPS GC JRF MP AD JARP EMF RCM JGJ.