About the Authors

Irshad Ahmed Hajam

Affiliation FMD Research Center, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Pervaiz Ahmad Dar

dar.pervaiz@gmail.com (PAD); kondabattula@gmail.com (KG)

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Elamurugan Appavoo

Affiliation FMD Research Center, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Subodh Kishore

Affiliation FMD Research Center, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash

Affiliation FMD Research Center, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Kondabattula Ganesh

dar.pervaiz@gmail.com (PAD); kondabattula@gmail.com (KG)

Affiliation FMD Research Center, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IAH PAD KG. Performed the experiments: IAH EA. Analyzed the data: IAH PAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG SK VB IAH. Wrote the paper: IAH PAD.