About the Authors

Mathias Ackermann

email@vetvir.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Maxim Koriabine

Affiliation BACPAC Resources Center, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Fabienne Hartmann-Fritsch

Current address: Tissue Biology Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Pieter J. de Jong

Affiliation BACPAC Resources Center, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Teresa D. Lewis

Current address: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Dexter Fish Health Center, Dexter, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Nelli Schetle

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Thierry M. Work

Affiliations US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center Honolulu Field Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Julie Dagenais

Affiliation US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center Honolulu Field Station, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

George H. Balazs

Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jo-Ann C. Leong

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA MK FH PdJ JAL. Performed the experiments: MA MK FH NS. Analyzed the data: MA MK FH NS PdJ JAL TL JD TW GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA TL TW NS JD PdJ GB. Wrote the paper: MA MK FH PdJ TL TW JD JAL. Generated and provided essentially virus-free cell cultures, which were necessary to establish RT-PCR for F-sial and F-M04 (data not shown in the manuscript): TW JD.