About the Authors

Sasan R. Fereidouni

sasan.fereidouni@fli.bund.de

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Elke Starick

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Martin Beer

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Hendrik Wilking

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Wusterhausen, Germany

Donata Kalthoff

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Christian Grund

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Rafaela Häuslaigner

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Angele Breithaupt

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Elke Lange

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Timm C. Harder

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Insel Riems, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRF MB. Performed the experiments: SRF DK RH AB TH. Analyzed the data: HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRF ES MB CG RH EL. Wrote the paper: SRF ES TH.