About the Authors

Hendrik Wilking

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany

Mario Ziller

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany

Christoph Staubach

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany

Anja Globig

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany

Timm C. Harder

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany

Franz J. Conraths

franz.conraths@fli.bund.de

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HW FC. Performed the experiments: HW MZ. Analyzed the data: HW MZ TH FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS AG TH. Wrote the paper: HW FC.