About the Authors

Thang Truong

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Hani Boshra

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Carissa Embury-Hyatt

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Charles Nfon

Affiliation National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Volker Gerdts

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Suresh Tikoo

Affiliations Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Lorne A. Babiuk

Affiliation University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Pravesh Kara

Affiliation ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Thireshni Chetty

Affiliation ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Arshad Mather

Affiliation ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

David B. Wallace

Affiliations ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa, Department Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Shawn Babiuk

shawn.babiuk@inspection.gc.ca

Affiliations National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT HB CEH CN VG ST LAB PK TC AM DBW SB. Performed the experiments: TT HB CEH CN SB. Analyzed the data: TT HB CEH CN VG ST LAB PK TC AM DBW SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT HB CEH CN SB. Wrote the paper: TT HB CEH CN VG ST LAB PK TC AM DBW SB.