About the Authors
- Kerstin Wernike
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Bernd Hoffmann
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Malte Dauber
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Elke Lange
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Horst Schirrmeier
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Martin Beer
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* E-mail: martin.beer@fli.bund.de
Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Competing Interests
The authros have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MB is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member (Academic Editor). The study was funded by the SAB, Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank, as a collaboration project with the company Labor Diagnostik Leipzig. KW was funded by the SAB. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KW BH MB. Performed the experiments: KW HS MD EL. Analyzed the data: KW BH HS MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW BH MD HS. Wrote the paper: KW BH MB.