About the Authors

Shanmuga Nagarajan

nagavetbio@gmail.com

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Chakradhar Tosh

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

David K. Smith

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical School, Shantou, People's Republic of China

Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Harshad Vinayakrao Murugkar

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Rajangam Sridevi

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Manoj Kumar

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Megha Katare

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Rajlaxmi Jain

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Zohra Syed

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Padmanava Behera

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Chung L. Cheung

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Rekha Khandia

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Sushil Tripathi

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Yi Guan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Shiv Chandra Dubey

Affiliation High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Anand Nagar, Bhopal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN CT HVM SCD. Performed the experiments: SN CT HVM RS M. Kumar M. Katare RJ PB RK ST ZS. Analyzed the data: SN CT DKS JSMP HVM RS M. Kumar CLC YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN CT DKS JSPM HVM RS M. Kumar CLC YG. Wrote the paper: SN CT DKS JSMP SCD.