About the Authors

Miranda Kirchner

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Manal AbuOun

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Muriel Mafura

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Mary Bagnall

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Theresa Hunt

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Christopher Thomas

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jan Weile

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine at the Heart and Diabetes Centre, University Hospital of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

Muna F. Anjum

Muna.Anjum@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK MFA. Performed the experiments: MK MA MM MB TH JW. Analyzed the data: MK MA MB CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK MA MB MM TH JW. Wrote the paper: MK MA.