About the Authors

Ulrik Fahnøe

Affiliations DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, DTU Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Anders Gorm Pedersen

Affiliation Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, DTU Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Carolin Dräger

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Richard J Orton

Affiliations Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, MRC–University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Institute of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sandra Blome

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Dirk Höper

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Martin Beer

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Thomas Bruun Rasmussen

tbrur@vet.dtu.dk

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UF AGP TBR. Performed the experiments: UF CD DH. Analyzed the data: UF AGP CD RJO SB DH MB TBR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGP RJO SB DH MB TBR. Wrote the paper: UF AGP CD RJO SB DH MB TBR.