About the Authors

Cyril Le Nouën

Current address: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dieseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit, OIE Reference Laboratory for Infectious Bursal Disease, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses), Ploufragan, France

Didier Toquin

Affiliation Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit, OIE Reference Laboratory for Infectious Bursal Disease, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses), Ploufragan, France

Hermann Müller

Affiliation Institute for Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Rüdiger Raue

Current address: Pfizer Animal Health, VMR&D, Sandwich, United Kindgom

Affiliation Institute for Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Katherine M. Kean

Affiliation CNRS URA 3015, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Patrick Langlois

Affiliation Virus Genetics and Biosecurity Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan, France

Martine Cherbonnel

Affiliation Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit, OIE Reference Laboratory for Infectious Bursal Disease, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses), Ploufragan, France

Nicolas Eterradossi

nicolas.eterradossi@anses.fr

Affiliation Avian and Rabbit Virology, Immunology and Parasitology Unit, OIE Reference Laboratory for Infectious Bursal Disease, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses), Ploufragan, France

Competing Interests

R. Raue is now employed by a commercial company (Pfizer Animal Health). However, he joined this position after the collaborative study reported in the submitted paper was completed, and confirmed in writing that he has no other competing interests (no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare) on the content described in this manuscript. The other authors have declared that they have no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLN DT KK NE. Performed the experiments: CLN DT NE. Analyzed the data: CLN HM KK MC NE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLN DT HM RR KK PL MC NE. Wrote the paper: CLN HM NE.