About the Authors

Juergen A. Richt

jricht@vet.k-state.edu (JAR); feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov (HF)

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Barry Rockx

Current address: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Wenjun Ma

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Friederike Feldmann

Affiliation Office of Operations Management, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

David Safronetz

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Andrea Marzi

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Darwyn Kobasa

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

James E. Strong

Affiliations National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Lisa Kercher

Current address: Animal Resources Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Dan Long

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Don Gardner

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Douglas Brining

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Heinz Feldmann

jricht@vet.k-state.edu (JAR); feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov (HF)

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAR BR WM DK HF. Performed the experiments: JAR BR WM FF DS AM DK JES LK DL DG DB HF. Analyzed the data: JAR BR WM FF DK JES DG DB HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAR BR WM FF DS AM DK JES LK DL DG DB HF. Wrote the paper: JAR BR WM FF HF.