About the Authors

Claudia Kohl

KohlC@rki.de

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

René Lesnik

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Annika Brinkmann

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Arnt Ebinger

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Aleksandar Radonić

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Nitsche

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Kristin Mühldorfer

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Gudrun Wibbelt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Kurth

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Centre for Biological Security 1, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK RL AB AE AR AN KM GW AK. Performed the experiments: CK RL AB AE KM AK. Analyzed the data: CK RL AB AE AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK RL AB AE AR AN KM GW AK. Wrote the paper: CK AK GW.