About the Authors

Grit Priemer

Affiliation Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany

Anne Balkema-Buschmann

Affiliation Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany

Bob Hills

Affiliation Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Secretariat, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Martin H. Groschup

martin.groschup@fli.bund.de

Affiliation Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABB MHG BH. Performed the experiments: GP. Analyzed the data: ABB GP MHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHG ABB. Wrote the paper: GP ABB MHG.