About the Authors

Zarif Akbarian

Affiliation Afghan National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan

Ghulam Ziay

Affiliation Central Veterinary Diagnostic & Research Laboratory, Kabul, Afghanistan

Willy Schauwers

Affiliation Animal Health Development Program, Kabul, Afghanistan

Bashir Noormal

Affiliation Afghan National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan

Islam Saeed

Affiliation Afghan National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan

Abul Hussain Qanee

Affiliation General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Kabul, Afghanistan

Zabiullah Shahab

Affiliation Afghan National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Afghanistan

Tania Dennison

Affiliation Animal Health Development Program, Kabul, Afghanistan

Ian Dohoo

Affiliation University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada

Ronald Jackson

Ron.Jackson@xtra.co.nz

Affiliation EpiCentre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZA WS BN IS AHQ TD RJ. Performed the experiments: ZA GZ WS AHQ ZS. Analyzed the data: ZA ID RJ. Wrote the paper: ZA ID RJ.