About the Authors

Chunhua Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunhua Li, Zhen Li, Yong Zou

Affiliation Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China

Zhen Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunhua Li, Zhen Li, Yong Zou

Affiliation Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China

Yong Zou

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunhua Li, Zhen Li, Yong Zou

Current address: Boehringer Ingelheim (China) Investment Co., Ltd, Asian Veterinary R&D Center, Shanghai, China

Affiliation Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, P.R. China

Oliver Wicht

Affiliation Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld

Affiliation Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Peter J. M. Rottier

Affiliation Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Berend Jan Bosch

b.j.bosch@uu.nl

Affiliation Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL PJMR BJB. Performed the experiments: CL ZL YZ OW. Analyzed the data: CL ZL YZ OW FVK PJMR BJB. Wrote the paper: FVK PJMR BJB. Contributed equally to this work: CL ZL YZ.