About the Authors

James O. Rushton

Affiliations Clinic for Surgery, Dentistry and Ophthalmology, Department of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Viral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of Virology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Jolanta Kolodziejek

Affiliation Viral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of Virology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Alexander Tichy

Affiliation Institute of Population Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Norbert Nowotny

norbert.nowotny@vetmeduni.ac.at

Affiliations Viral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of Virology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Barbara Nell

Affiliation Clinic for Surgery, Dentistry and Ophthalmology, Department of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JOR NN BN. Performed the experiments: JOR JK. Analyzed the data: JOR JK AT. Wrote the paper: JOR JK NN BN.