About the Authors
- Irina N. Riediger
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* E-mail: iriediger@yahoo.com.br (INR); arnau.casanovas@yale.edu (ACM)
Affiliation Central Laboratory of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Alex R. Hoffmaster
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Arnau Casanovas-Massana
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* E-mail: iriediger@yahoo.com.br (INR); arnau.casanovas@yale.edu (ACM)
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Alexander W. Biondo
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Albert I. Ko
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Robyn A. Stoddard
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Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
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Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: INR ARH RAS. Performed the experiments: INR. Analyzed the data: INR ACM RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARH AWB AIK RAS. Wrote the paper: INR ARH ACM AWB AIK RAS.