About the Authors

Anne Fischer

Affiliations Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, Biotechnology Department, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Beth Shapiro

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cecilia Muriuki

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Martin Heller

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Jena, Germany

Christiane Schnee

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Jena, Germany

Erik Bongcam-Rudloff

Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Edy M. Vilei

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Joachim Frey

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Joerg Jores

jores@web.de

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ JF. Performed the experiments: JJ CM CS. Analyzed the data: AF BS JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF MH EB-R EV. Wrote the paper: AF BS JJ.