About the Authors

Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury

aelkhoury@paho.org

Affiliation Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zaida E. Yadón

Affiliation Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Martha Idali Saboyá Díaz

Affiliation Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Francisca de Fátima de Araújo Lucena

Affiliation Ministry of Social Development and Against Hungry, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

Luis Gerardo Castellanos

Affiliation Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Manuel J. Sanchez-Vazquez

Affiliation Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center–PANAFTOSA/PAHO, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ANSME ZEY. Formal analysis: MJSV FdFdAL. Methodology: ANSME ZEY MJSV FdFdAL MISD. Software: MJSV FdFdAL. Visualization: ANSME ZEY MJSV LGC. Writing – review & editing: ANSME ZEY MJSV MISD.