About the Authors
- Brecht Devleesschauwer
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* E-mail: Brecht.Devleesschauwer@UGent.be
Affiliations Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Faculty of Public Health, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Anita Ale
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Affiliation National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Paul Torgerson
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Affiliation Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Nicolas Praet
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Charline Maertens de Noordhout
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Affiliation Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Faculty of Public Health, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Basu Dev Pandey
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Affiliation Everest International Clinic and Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Sher Bahadur Pun
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Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Rob Lake
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Jozef Vercruysse
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
- Durga Datt Joshi
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¶† Deceased.
Affiliation National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Arie H. Havelaar
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Affiliations Centre for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Luc Duchateau
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Physiology and Biometrics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
- Pierre Dorny
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Affiliations Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Niko Speybroeck
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Affiliation Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Faculty of Public Health, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BD LD PD NS. Performed the experiments: BD AA BDP SBP DDJ. Analyzed the data: BD PT NP CMdN RL JV AHH LD PD NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD AA PT NP CMdN BDP SBP RL JV DDJ AHH LD PD NS. Wrote the paper: BD AA PT NP CMdN BDP SBP RL JV DDJ AHH LD PD NS.