About the Authors

Peter Norberg

peter.norberg@gu.se

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Shaun Tyler

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Canada

Alberto Severini

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Canada

Rich Whitley

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Jan-Åke Liljeqvist

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Tomas Bergström

Affiliation Department of Virology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PN JL TB. Performed the experiments: PN ST AS RW. Analyzed the data: PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST AS RW TB. Wrote the paper: PN JL TB.