About the Authors

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães

r.magalhaes@sph.uq.edu.au

Affiliation University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Brisbane, Australia

Xiaoyan Zhou

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO HPAI H5N1 Programme in China, Beijing, China

Beibei Jia

Affiliations Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO HPAI H5N1 Programme in China, Beijing, China, University of Prince Edward Island, Atlantic Veterinary College, Department of Health Management, Charlottetown, Canada

Fusheng Guo

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO HPAI H5N1 Programme in China, Beijing, China

Dirk U. Pfeiffer

Affiliation University of London, The Royal Veterinary College, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group, London, United Kingdom

Vincent Martin

Affiliation Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO HPAI H5N1 Programme in China, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJSM XZ BJ FG VM. Performed the experiments: XZ BJ FG VM. Analyzed the data: RJSM XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM. Wrote the paper: RJSM XZ BJ FG DUP VM.