About the Authors

Marco A. B. Almeida

mabalmeida@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jader da C. Cardoso

Affiliations Division of Environmental Health Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, La Salle University, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Edmilson dos Santos

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Daltro F. da Fonseca

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Laura L. Cruz

Affiliation Division of Environmental Health Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Fernando J. C. Faraco

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marilina A. Bercini

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Kátia C. Vettorello

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Mariana A. Porto

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Renate Mohrdieck

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Tani M. S. Ranieri

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Maria T. Schermann

Affiliation Division of Epidemiologic Surveillance, Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alethéa F. Sperb

Affiliation Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Francisco Z. Paz

Affiliation Health Surveillance Coordination, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Zenaida M. A. Nunes

Affiliation Central State Public Health Laboratory, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alessandro P. M. Romano

Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil

Zouraide G. Costa

Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil

Silvana L. Gomes

Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil

Brendan Flannery

Affiliations Pan American Health Organization, Brasília, Brazil, Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, U.S. 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: MABA JdCC EdS DFdF LLC FJCF MAB KCV MAP RM TMSR MTS AFS FZP ZMAN APMR ZGC SLG BF. Performed the experiments: MABA JdCC EdS DFdF LLC FJCF MAB KCV MAP RM TMSR MTS ZMAN. Analyzed the data: MABA JdCC AFS FZP APMR ZGC SLG BF. Wrote the paper: MABA JdCC EdS DFdF LLC FJCF MAB KCV MAP RM TMSR MTS AFS FZP ZMAN APMR ZGC SLG BF.