About the Authors
- Marco Coral-Almeida
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* E-mail: marco.coralalmeida@ugent.be
Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium
- Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo
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Affiliations Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Núcleo de Investigadores, Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador
- Maritza Celi-Erazo
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Affiliation Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador
- Héctor Hugo García
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Affiliations Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú
- Silvia Rodríguez
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Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Perú
- Brecht Devleesschauwer
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Affiliations Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Health and Society, Brussels, Belgium
- Washington Benítez-Ortiz
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Affiliations Universidad Central del Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ), Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Ciudadela Universitaria, Quito, Ecuador
- Pierre Dorny
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Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium
- Nicolas Praet
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WBO NP PD RRH. Performed the experiments: WBO NP PD RRH MCE. Analyzed the data: MCA NP BD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHG SR MCE. Wrote the paper: MCA NP.