About the Authors

Manjunatha N. Belaganahalli

Affiliation Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom

Sushila Maan

Affiliation Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom

Narender S. Maan

Current address: Department of Animal Biotechnology, Lala Laipat Rai (LLR) University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India

Affiliation Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom

Robert Tesh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Houssam Attoui

Affiliation Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom

Peter P. C. Mertens

peter.mertens@bbsrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Vector-borne Diseases Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB SM PM HA NSM. Performed the experiments: MB SM NSM. Analyzed the data: MB SM HA NSM PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB SM NSM HA PM RT. Wrote the paper: MB SM PM.