About the Authors

Gina Polo

gina@vps.fmvz.usp.br (GP); dias@vps.fmvz.usp.br (RAD)

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

C. Mera Acosta

Affiliation Institute of Physics. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Fernando Ferreira

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Ricardo Augusto Dias

gina@vps.fmvz.usp.br (GP); dias@vps.fmvz.usp.br (RAD)

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP. Performed the experiments: GP CMA. Analyzed the data: GP CMA RAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP CMA FF RAD. Wrote the paper: GP CMA FF RAD.