**Author details**

Jan Evelyn Conn1,2\*, Maria Eugenia Grillet<sup>5</sup> , Margarita Correa4 and Maria Anice Mureb Sallum<sup>3</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: jan.conn@health.ny.gov

1 The Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA

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2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany (State University of New York), Albany, New York, USA

3 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

4 Molecular Microbiology Group, School of Microbiology, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

5 Laboratory of Vector Biology, Institute of Zoology and Tropical Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
