About the Authors

Manjunatha N. Belaganahalli

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Sushila Maan

Current address: Department of Animal Biotechnology, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Narender S. Maan

Current address: Department of Animal Biotechnology, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Kyriaki Nomikou

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Ian Pritchard

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Ross Lunt

Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Peter D. Kirkland

Affiliation Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Houssam Attoui

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Joe Brownlie

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

Peter P. C. Mertens

peter.mertens@iah.ac.uk

Affiliation Vector-borne Viral Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB SM NSM HA PPCM. Performed the experiments: MB SM NSM KN. Analyzed the data: MB SM NSM HA PPCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB SM NSM PPCM HA KN IP RL PK JB. Wrote the paper: MB SM NSM PPCM.