About the Authors

Iris Bosschem

Iris.Bosschem@ugent.be (IB); Bram.Flahou@ugent.be (BF); Freddy.Haesebrouck@ugent.be (FH)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Jagadeesh Bayry

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 1138, Paris, France, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe-Immunopathology and therapeutic immunointervention, Paris, France, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France

Ellen De Bruyne

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Kim Van Deun

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Annemieke Smet

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Griet Vercauteren

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Richard Ducatelle

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Freddy Haesebrouck

Iris.Bosschem@ugent.be (IB); Bram.Flahou@ugent.be (BF); Freddy.Haesebrouck@ugent.be (FH)

‡ FH and BF are senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Bram Flahou

Iris.Bosschem@ugent.be (IB); Bram.Flahou@ugent.be (BF); Freddy.Haesebrouck@ugent.be (FH)

‡ FH and BF are senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

JB is currently academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB KVD RD FH BF. Performed the experiments: IB EDB KVD BF. Analyzed the data: IB KVD GV RD FH BF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB JB KVD RD FH BF. Wrote the paper: IB JB AS RD FH BF.