About the Authors

Rita Medeiros

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém-Pará, Brasil

Viviane Jusot

Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, France

Guy Houillon

Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, France

Anvar Rasuli

Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, France

Luzia Martorelli

Affiliation Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, Sao-Paulo, Brasil

Ana Paula Kataoka

Affiliation Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, Sao-Paulo, Brasil

Mohamed Ben Mechlia

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Anne-Sophie Le Guern

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Liliam Rodrigues

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém-Pará, Brasil

Rhomero Assef

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém-Pará, Brasil

Alvino Maestri

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Pará e Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém-Pará, Brasil

Reynaldo Lima

† Deceased.

Affiliation Secretaria de Saude do Estado do Pará, Brasil

Yolande Rotivel

† Deceased.

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Valérie Bosch-Castells

Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, France

Noël Tordo

ntordo@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Secretaria de Saude do Estado do Pará, Brasil, Institut Pasteur de Guinée, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RM, LM, APK, MBM, ASLG, LR, RA, AM, RL, YR and NT have no conflicts of interest to declare. GH, AR and VBC are Sanofi Pasteur employees. VJ was a Sanofi Pasteur employee at the time of study conduct. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YR RM VJ GH NT VBC. Performed the experiments: LM APK MBM ASLG LR RA. Analyzed the data: YR RM VJ GH NT AM AR VBC RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL. Wrote the paper: RM VJ GH AR LM APK MBM ASLG LR RA AM RL YR VBC NT.