About the Authors

Christian Vinueza-Burgos

cvinueza@uce.edu.ec

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

María Cevallos

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

Lenin Ron-Garrido

Affiliations Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Centro Internacional de Zoonosis, Quito, Ecuador

Sophie Bertrand

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Salmonella and Shigella, Bacterial Diseases Division, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium

Lieven De Zutter

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CVB LDZ. Performed the experiments: CVB MC SB. Analyzed the data: CVB LDZ LRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CVB LDZ SB MC. Wrote the paper: CVB LDZ.