About the Authors

Amy L. Vincent

amy.vincent@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Kelly M. Lager

Affiliation Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Michelle Harland

Affiliation Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Alessio Lorusso

Affiliation Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Eraldo Zanella

Affiliations Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Campus 1, Bairro São José, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Janice R. Ciacci-Zanella

Affiliations Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Labex-USA, EMBRAPA–Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Marcus E. Kehrli Jr.

Affiliation Virus and Prion Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Alexander Klimov

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALV KML MEK. Performed the experiments: ALV KML MH AL EZ JRCZ. Analyzed the data: ALV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALV AIK. Wrote the paper: ALV KML MEK AIK.