About the Authors

Mohammed Alsharifi

mohammed.alsharifi@imvs.sa.gov.au (MA); arno.mullbacher@anu.edu.au (AM)

Affiliations Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Yoichi Furuya

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoichi Furuya, Timothy R. Bowden

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Timothy R. Bowden

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoichi Furuya, Timothy R. Bowden

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Mario Lobigs

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Aulikki Koskinen

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Matthias Regner

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Lee Trinidad

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

David B. Boyle

Affiliation CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Arno Müllbacher

mohammed.alsharifi@imvs.sa.gov.au (MA); arno.mullbacher@anu.edu.au (AM)

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA TRB ML MR DB AM. Performed the experiments: MA YF TRB AK LT. Analyzed the data: MA YF TRB ML MR DB AM. Wrote the paper: MA AM.