About the Authors

Sebastian Guenther

sebastian.guenther@fu-berlin.de

Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Berlin, Germany

Astrid Bethe

Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Berlin, Germany

Angelika Fruth

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Torsten Semmler

Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Berlin, Germany

Rainer G. Ulrich

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany

Lothar H. Wieler

Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Berlin, Germany

Christa Ewers

Affiliations Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Berlin, Germany, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG LHW CE. Performed the experiments: SG AB AF TS RGU CE. Analyzed the data: SG LHW TS CE. Wrote the paper: SG LHW CE.