About the Authors

Toon Rosseel

Contributed equally to this work with: Toon Rosseel, Steven Van Borm

Affiliation Operational Directorate of Virology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium

Steven Van Borm

Contributed equally to this work with: Toon Rosseel, Steven Van Borm

stevenvanborm@coda-cerva.be

Affiliation Operational Directorate of Virology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium

Frank Vandenbussche

Affiliation Operational Directorate of Virology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium

Bernd Hoffmann

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Thierry van den Berg

Affiliation Operational Directorate of Virology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium

Martin Beer

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Dirk Höper

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Martin Beer is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: TR SVB BH MB DH. Performed the experiments: TR DH. Analyzed the data: TR SVB DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FV TVDB MB. Wrote the paper: TR SVB FV BH MB DH.