About the Authors

Karel A. Schat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

John Bingham

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Jeff M. Butler

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Li-Mei Chen

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

Sue Lowther

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Tamsyn M. Crowley

Affiliations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Biotechnology, Chemistry and Systems Biology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Robert J. Moore

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Ruben O. Donis

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

John W. Lowenthal

john.lowenthal@csiro.au

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAS ROD JB JWL RJM TMC. Performed the experiments: KAS SL JB JMB LMC TMC. Analyzed the data: KAS JWL RJM TMC JB ROD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB JMB ROD LMC. Wrote the paper: KAS JWL ROD JB RJM TMC.