About the Authors

Melody J. Maxwell

Current address: International Services APHIS/USDA, Riverdale, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mary H. Freire de Carvalho

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Armando E. Hoet

Affiliation Veterinary Public Health Program, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Marco A. N. Vigilato

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Julio C. Pompei

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ottorino Cosivi

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victor J. del Rio Vilas

vdelriovilas@yahoo.co.uk

Current address: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Affiliation PANAFTOSA (PAHO/WHO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: VJDRV. Data curation: MJM. Formal analysis: MJM MFC. Methodology: MJM MFC VJDRV. Project administration: VJDRV MJM. Supervision: VJDRV. Visualization: MJM MFC. Writing – original draft: MJM MFC AEH VJDRV. Writing – review & editing: MJM MFC AEH MANV JCP OC VJDRV.