About the Authors

Bjoern Seidel

Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bjoern.seidel@ime.fraunhofer.de

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology und Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg, Germany

Achim Thomzig

Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

Anne Buschmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann

Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany

Martin H. Groschup

Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany

Rainer Peters

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology und Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg, Germany

Michael Beekes

Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany

Konstantin Terytze

Affiliation German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Dessau, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB AT MG AB BS RP KT. Performed the experiments: AT AB BS RP. Analyzed the data: MB AT MG AB BS RP KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB AT. Wrote the paper: MB AT MG AB BS KT.