About the Authors

Dries Masure

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

Tao Wang

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

Johnny Vlaminck

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

Sarah Claerhoudt

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Koen Chiers

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Wim Van den Broeck

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Jimmy Saunders

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Jozef Vercruysse

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

Peter Geldhof

peter.geldhof@ugent.be

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM JS JVl JVe PG. Performed the experiments: DM TW JVl SC KC WVdB. Analyzed the data: DM SC JS PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC WVdB JS. Wrote the paper: DM JVe PG.