About the Authors

Calvin Sindato

calvin.sindato@sacids.org

Affiliations National Institute for Medical Research, Tabora, Tanzania, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro, Tanzania

Dirk U. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom

Esron D. Karimuribo

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro, Tanzania

Leonard E. G. Mboera

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mark M. Rweyemamu

Affiliation Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Morogoro, Tanzania

Janusz T. Paweska

Affiliations Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS DUP EDK LEGM MMR JTP. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTP. Wrote the paper: CS DUP EDK LEGM MMR JTP. Approved the final version of the manuscript to be published: CS DUP EDK LEGM MMR JTP.