About the Authors

Delphine Autheman

Contributed equally to this work with: Delphine Autheman, Marianne Wyder

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marianne Wyder

Contributed equally to this work with: Delphine Autheman, Marianne Wyder

Affiliation Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Michel Popoff

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Katharina D’Herde

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Stephan Christen

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Horst Posthaus

horst.posthaus@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

MP is an academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HP SC MP. Performed the experiments: DA MW MP HP KD. Analyzed the data: DA MW MP HP KD SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP HP KD SC. Wrote the paper: DA HP SC.