About the Authors

Sandra Appelt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS 2), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Anna-Maria Rohleder

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS 2), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Daniela Jacob

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS 2), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Heiner von Buttlar

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department Bacteriology and Toxinology, Munich, Germany

Enrico Georgi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department Bacteriology and Toxinology, Munich, Germany

Katharina Mueller

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department Bacteriology and Toxinology, Munich, Germany

Ulrich Wernery

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Joerg Kinne

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Marina Joseph

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Shantymol V. Jose

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Holger C. Scholz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ScholzH@rki.de

Affiliations Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS 2), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Department Bacteriology and Toxinology, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.