About the Authors

Kerstin Wernike

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

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

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

Bernd Hoffmann

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

Martin Beer

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.