About the Authors

Irina N. Riediger

iriediger@yahoo.com.br (INR); arnau.casanovas@yale.edu (ACM)

Affiliation Central Laboratory of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Alex R. Hoffmaster

Affiliation National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Arnau Casanovas-Massana

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of the State of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Albert I. Ko

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

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.