About the Authors

Alessandro Pecego Martins Romano

alessandro.romano@saude.gov.br

Affiliations Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil, Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Brazil

Zouraide Guerra Antunes Costa

Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil

Daniel Garkauskas Ramos

Affiliation Secretariat for Health Surveillance, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil

Maria Auxiliadora Andrade

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Brazil

Valéria de Sá Jayme

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Brazil

Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida

Affiliation Health Surveillance Center, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Kátia Campomar Vettorello

Affiliation Health Surveillance Center, Rio Grande do Sul State Health Department, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Melissa Mascheretti

Affiliation Epidemiological Surveillance Center, São Paulo State Health Department, São Paulo, Brazil

Brendan Flannery

Affiliations Pan American Health Organization, Brasilia, Brazil, Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APMR ZGAC DGR MAA VdSJ MABdA KCV MM BF. Analyzed the data: APMR ZGAC DGR MAA VdSJ MABdA KCV MM BF. Wrote the paper: APMR ZGAC DGR MAA VdSJ MABdA KCV MM BF.