About the Authors

Munir Iqbal

munir.iqbal@bbsrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Tahir Yaqub

Affiliation University Diagnostic Laboratory (UDL), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Kolli Reddy

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

John W. McCauley

Affiliation Division of Virology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI. Performed the experiments: MI TY KR. Analyzed the data: MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI TY. Wrote the paper: MI JWM.