About the Authors
- Delphine Autheman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Delphine Autheman, Marianne Wyder
Affiliation Institute of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Marianne Wyder
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Contributed equally to this work with: Delphine Autheman, Marianne Wyder
Affiliation Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Michel Popoff
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Katharina D’Herde
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Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Stephan Christen
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¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliation Institute of Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Horst Posthaus
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* E-mail: 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.