About the Authors

Sushila Maan

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Narender S. Maan

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Piet A. van Rijn

Affiliation Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, AB Lelystad, The Netherlands

René G. P. van Gennip

Affiliation Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR, AB Lelystad, The Netherlands

Anna Sanders

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Isabel M. Wright

Affiliation Virology Division, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Carrie Batten

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Bernd Hoffmann

Affiliation Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Michael Eschbaumer

Affiliation Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Chris A. L. Oura

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Abraham C. Potgieter

Affiliation Virology Division, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Kyriaki Nomikou

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Peter P.C. Mertens

peter.mertens@bbsrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM NSM KN PPCM. Performed the experiments: SM NSM PAvR AS ACP KN. Analyzed the data: SM NSM PAvR CB ACP KN PPCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM NSM PAvR RGPvG IMW BH ME CO KN PPCM. Wrote the paper: SM NSM PPCM.