About the Authors

Cindy M. Dierikx

Cindy.Dierikx@wur.nl

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and TSEs, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Jeanet A. van der Goot

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Crisis Organization and Diagnostics, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Hilde E. Smith

Affiliation Department of Infection Biology, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Arie Kant

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and TSEs, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

Dik J. Mevius

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and TSEs, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD JAVDG HES DJM. Performed the experiments: CD AK. Analyzed the data: CD JAVDG HES DJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD AK. Wrote the paper: CD JAVDG HES AK DJM.