About the Authors
- Kerstin Wernike
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Wernike, Mark Holsteg
Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
- Mark Holsteg
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Wernike, Mark Holsteg
Affiliation Bovine Health Service, Chamber of Agriculture for North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn, Germany
- Horst Schirrmeier
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
- Bernd Hoffmann
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), 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 (FLI), 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: MH MB. Performed the experiments: HS BH. Analyzed the data: KW MH HS BH MB. Wrote the paper: KW MH HS BH MB.