About the Authors

Joao Toledo

Affiliation Consultant in Public Health, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil

Leyanna George

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, India

Eric Martinez

Affiliation Instituto Pedro Kouri, La Habana, Cuba

Adhara Lazaro

Affiliation Consultant in Public Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Wai Wai Han

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Rangoon, Myanmar

Giovanini E. Coelho

Affiliation Coordinator of the Brazilian Dengue Programme, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil

Silvia Runge Ranzinger

Affiliation Consultant in Public Health, Ludwigsburg, Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Olaf Horstick

Olaf.Horstick@uni.heidelberg.de

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OH JT LG. Performed the experiments: JT LG. Analyzed the data: OH JT LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OH JT LG. Wrote the paper: JT LG EM AL WWH GEC SRR OH.