About the Authors

Hani Boshra

Affiliation Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Thang Truong

Affiliation Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shawn Babiuk

shawn.babiuk@inspection.gc.ca

Affiliations Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Maged Gomaa Hemida

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB TT SB MGH. Performed the experiments: HB TT. Analyzed the data: HB TT SB MGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB TT SB MGH. Wrote the paper: HB TT SB MGH.