About the Authors

Ahmed Ahmed

Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis and Section of Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mirjam F. M. Engelberts

Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis and Section of Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kimberly R. Boer

Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis and Section of Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Niyaz Ahmed

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Rudy A. Hartskeerl

r.hartskeerl@kit.nl

Affiliation WHO/FAO/OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis and Section of Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Niyaz Ahmed (the fourth author) is member of the academic_editorial Board.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAA MFME KRB RH. Performed the experiments: AAA MFME. Analyzed the data: AAA MFME KRB NA RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH. Wrote the paper: AAA KRB NA RH.