About the Authors

Joseba M. Garrido

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Iker A. Sevilla

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Beatriz Beltrán-Beck

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Esmeralda Minguijón

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Cristina Ballesteros

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Ruth C. Galindo

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Mariana Boadella

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Konstantin P. Lyashchenko

Affiliation Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc., Medford, New York, United States of America

Beatriz Romero

Affiliation Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Maria Victoria Geijo

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Francisco Ruiz-Fons

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Alicia Aranaz

Affiliation Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Ramón A. Juste

Affiliation NEIKER-Tecnalia, Animal Health Department, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Joaquín Vicente

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

José de la Fuente

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Christian Gortázar

Christian.Gortazar@uclm.es

Affiliation Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (CSIC – UCLM – JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Konstantin P. Lyashchenko is an employee of Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMG RAJ CG JdlF AA. Performed the experiments: JMG IAS BB-B EM CB RCG MB KPL BR MVG FR-F AA JV. Analyzed the data: JMG CG JV RAJ BB-B FR-F JdlF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPL. Wrote the paper: JMG CG RAJ AA. Critically revised manuscript: IAS BB-B EM CB RCG MB KPL BR MVG FR-F JV.