About the Authors

Daniel L. Horton

daniel.horton@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Mashair Z. Ismail

Affiliation Central Veterinary Laboratory, Iraq State Company for Veterinary Services, Baghdad, Iraq

Eman S. Siryan

Affiliation Baghdad Veterinary Hospital, Iraq State Company for Veterinary Services, Baghdad, Iraq

Abdul Raheem A. Wali

Affiliation Baghdad Veterinary Hospital, Iraq State Company for Veterinary Services, Baghdad, Iraq

Husam E. Ab-dulla

Affiliation Baghdad Veterinary Hospital, Iraq State Company for Veterinary Services, Baghdad, Iraq

Emma Wise

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Katja Voller

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Graeme Harkess

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Denise A. Marston

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

Lorraine M. McElhinney

Affiliations Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Leahurst, Neston, Wirral, United Kingdom

Salah F. Abbas

Affiliation Central Veterinary Laboratory, Iraq State Company for Veterinary Services, Baghdad, Iraq

Anthony R. Fooks

Affiliations Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Leahurst, Neston, Wirral, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLH MZI SFA ARF DAM LMM. Performed the experiments: MZI EW KV GH ESS HEA ARAW DAM. Analyzed the data: DLH MZI DAM LMM KV GH EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARF ESS HEA ARAW LMM. Wrote the paper: DLH MZI DAM LMM EW ARF.