About the Authors

Jean-Baptiste Meynard

jb.meynard@wanadoo.fr

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Claude Flamand

Affiliation Regional Epidemiology Cell, Cayenne, French Guiana

Céline Dupuy

Affiliation Departmental Veterinary Direction, Cayenne, French Guiana

Aba Mahamat

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Andrée-Rosemond, Cayenne, French Guiana

Françoise Eltges

Affiliation Health Regional Agency, Cayenne, French Guiana

Frederic Queuche

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Julien Renner

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Jean-Michel Fontanella

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Andrée-Rosemond, Cayenne, French Guiana

Didier Hommel

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Andrée-Rosemond, Cayenne, French Guiana

Philippe Dussart

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Claire Grangier

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Andrée-Rosemond, Cayenne, French Guiana

Félix Djossou

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Andrée-Rosemond, Cayenne, French Guiana

Laurent Dacheux

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence pour la Rage, Paris, France

Maryvonne Goudal

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence pour la Rage, Paris, France

Franck Berger

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Vanessa Ardillon

Affiliation Regional Epidemiology Cell, Cayenne, French Guiana

Nicolas Krieger

Affiliation Departmental Veterinary Direction, Cayenne, French Guiana

Hervé Bourhy

Contributed equally to this work with: Hervé Bourhy, André Spiegel

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence pour la Rage, Paris, France

André Spiegel

Contributed equally to this work with: Hervé Bourhy, André Spiegel

Affiliation Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBM CF CD AM FE NK HB AS. Performed the experiments: JBM CF CD AM FE FQ JR JMF DH PD CG FD LD MG FB VA NK HB AS. Analyzed the data: JBM CF CD AM FE JR PD CG LD MG VA NK HB AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBM CF CD AM FE FQ JR JMF DH PD CG FD LD MG FB VA NK HB AS. Wrote the paper: JBM CF CD AM FE FQ JR JMF DH PD CG FD LD MG FB VA NK HB AS.