About the Authors
- Joe Kgaladi
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Nicolette Wright
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Jessica Coertse
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Wanda Markotter
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Denise Marston
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Affiliation Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases Research Group, OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory/WHO Collaborating Centre for the Characterization of Rabies and Rabies-related Viruses), Department of Virology, Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Anthony R. Fooks
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Affiliations Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases Research Group, OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory/WHO Collaborating Centre for the Characterization of Rabies and Rabies-related Viruses), Department of Virology, Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom, University of Liverpool, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Conrad M. Freuling
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Affiliation OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Biology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Thomas F. Müller
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* E-mail: Thomas.Mueller@fli.bund.de
Affiliation OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory/WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Molecular Biology, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Claude T. Sabeta
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Affiliation OIE Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
- Louis H. Nel
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LHN TFM ARF CTS. Performed the experiments: JK NW JC CMF DM WM CTS. Analyzed the data: JK NW JC CMF DM WM CTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK NW JC WM DM ARF CFM TFM CTS LHN. Wrote the paper: JK CMF DM LHN TFM ARF CTS WM.