About the Authors
- Bjoern Seidel
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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
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Contributed equally to this work with: Bjoern Seidel, Achim Thomzig, Anne Buschmann
Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Anne Buschmann
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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
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Affiliation Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Germany
- Rainer Peters
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Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology und Applied Ecology (IME), Schmallenberg, Germany
- Michael Beekes
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Affiliation P24 -Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Konstantin Terytze
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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.