About the Authors

Eric D. Cassmann

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Najiba Mammadova

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

S. Jo Moore

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Sylvie Benestad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Justin J. Greenlee

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

justin.greenlee@usda.gov

Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.