About the Authors

Nadja Sparding

nasp@ssi.dk

Affiliation Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans-Christian Slotved

Affiliations Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gert M. Nicolaisen

Affiliation Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Steen B. Giese

Affiliation Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jón Elmlund

Affiliation Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nina R. Steenhard

Affiliation Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS HS GMN SBG JE NRS. Performed the experiments: NS GMN SBG JE. Analyzed the data: NS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NS HS NRS.