About the Authors
- Giovanni Cattoli
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* E-mail: gcattoli@izsvenezie.it
Affiliation OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sper.le delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy
- Isabella Monne
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Affiliation OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sper.le delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy
- Alice Fusaro
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Affiliation OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sper.le delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy
- Tony M. Joannis
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Affiliation National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria
- Lami H. Lombin
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Affiliation National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria
- Mona M. Aly
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Affiliation National Laboratory for quality control on poultry production, Dokki (Cairo), Egypt
- Abdel S. Arafa
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Affiliation National Laboratory for quality control on poultry production, Dokki (Cairo), Egypt
- Katharine M. Sturm-Ramirez
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Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann
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Affiliation Laboratoire Central de Pathologie Animale, Bingerville, Ivory Coast
- Joseph A. Awuni
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Affiliation Accra Veterinary Laboratory, Accra, Ghana
- Komla B. Batawui
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Affiliation Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Lomé, Togo
- Kodzo A. Awoume
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Affiliation Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Lomé, Togo
- Gilbert L. Aplogan
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Diagnostic Vétérinaire et de Sérosurveillance, Parakou, Bénin
- Adama Sow
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Affiliation Laboratoire National d'Elevage, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Andrè C. Ngangnou
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Affiliation Laboratoire National Vétérinaire, Garoua, Cameroon
- Iman M. El Nasri Hamza
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Affiliation Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, Khartoum, Sudan
- Djibo Gamatié
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Affiliation Direction des Laboratoires Vétérinaires, Niamey, Niger
- Gwenaelle Dauphin
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Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AGAH Division, Rome, Italy
- Joseph M. Domenech
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Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AGAH Division, Rome, Italy
- Ilaria Capua
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Affiliation OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory for avian influenza and Newcastle disease, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sper.le delle Venezie, Legnaro (PD), Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GC IC. Performed the experiments: IM AF. Analyzed the data: GC IM AF TJ KMSR IC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJ LHL MMA ASA KMSR ECH JAA KBB KAA GLA AS ACN IMENH DG GD. Wrote the paper: GC IM AF. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: JD.