1. Unidade de Microbiologia Médica, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2. School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
3. Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vila do Conde, Portugal
4. OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis, Academic Medical Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
5. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P., Unidade Estratégica de Produção e Saúde Animal, Oeiras, Portugal
6. Epidemiology Research Unit, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
7. Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
8. Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal