About the Authors
- Adrian Allen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Adrian Allen, Eleanor Breadon
* E-mail: Adrian.Allen@afbini.gov.uk
Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Eleanor Breadon
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Contributed equally to this work with: Adrian Allen, Eleanor Breadon
Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Andrew Byrne
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Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Thomas Mallon
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Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Robin Skuce
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Affiliations Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Pauline Groussaud
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Affiliation OIE/WHO/FAO Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Amanda Dainty
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Affiliation OIE/WHO/FAO Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Judith Graham
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Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Veterinary Service, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Kerri Jones
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Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Lorraine Pollock
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Affiliation Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), AFBI Stormont, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Adrian Whatmore
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Affiliation OIE/WHO/FAO Reference Laboratory for Brucellosis, Department of Bacteriology, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA RS AW JG. Performed the experiments: PG EB TM KJ LP. Analyzed the data: AD AA AB TM EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS AW. Wrote the paper: AA RS AB EB AW.