About the Authors

Allison Groseth

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Institut für Virologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Andrea Marzi

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Thomas Hoenen

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Institut für Virologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Astrid Herwig

Affiliation Institut für Virologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Don Gardner

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Veterinary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Stephan Becker

Affiliation Institut für Virologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Hideki Ebihara

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Heinz Feldmann

feldmannh@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliations Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America, Special Pathogens Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG AM TH HE HF. Performed the experiments: AG AM TH AH DG. Analyzed the data: AG AM TH AH DG SB HE HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG AM TH DG SB HE HF. Wrote the paper: AG AM TH AH DG SB HE HF.