About the Authors

Gina Polo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gina@vps.fmvz.usp.br

Affiliations Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany

Carlos Mera Acosta

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo B. Labruna

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fernando Ferreira

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Dirk Brockmann

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany, Institute for Theoretical Biology and Integrative Research Institute for the Life Sciences, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.