About the Authors

Begoña Valdazo-González

begona.valdazo-gonzalez@pirbright.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Livestock Viral Diseases, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Lilyana Polihronova

Affiliation Department of Exotic and Emerging Diseases, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tsviatko Alexandrov

Affiliation Animal Health and Welfare Directorate, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria

Preben Normann

Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark

Nick J. Knowles

Affiliation Division of Livestock Viral Diseases, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Jef M. Hammond

Affiliation Division of Livestock Viral Diseases, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Georgi K. Georgiev

Affiliation Department of Exotic and Emerging Diseases, National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria

Fuat Özyörük

Affiliation Laboratory of Typing and Molecular Epidemiology, Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute, Ankara, Turkey

Keith J. Sumption

Affiliation Animal Health Service, Animal Health Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

Graham J. Belsham

Affiliation National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark

Donald P. King

Affiliation Division of Livestock Viral Diseases, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BVG NK FO DK. Performed the experiments: BVG LP PN. Analyzed the data: BVG LP PN NK GB DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA JH GG FO KS. Wrote the paper: BVG NK GB DK.