About the Authors

Tao Wang

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Katleen Van Steendam

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Maarten Dhaenens

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Johnny Vlaminck

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Dieter Deforce

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Aaron R. Jex

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Robin B. Gasser

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Peter Geldhof

peter.geldhof@UGent.be

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW JV PG. Performed the experiments: TW KVS MD. Analyzed the data: TW KVS MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD ARJ RBG. Wrote the paper: TW RBG PG.