About the Authors

Guilherme S. Ribeiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Sara Y. Tartof

gsribeiro@ufba.br

Affiliations Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Sara Y. Tartof

Contributed equally to this work with: Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Sara Y. Tartof

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Dalton W. S. Oliveira

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Aldalice C. S. Guedes

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Mitermayer G. Reis

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Lee W. Riley

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Albert I. Ko

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Division, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSR SYT MGR LWR AIK. Analyzed the data: GSR SYT DWSO ACSG MGR LWR AIK. Wrote the paper: GSR SYT. Reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript: GSR SYT DWSO ACSG MGR LWR AIK.