About the Authors

Joana T. de Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Joana T. de Oliveira, Cláudia Ribeiro

joanao@ipatimup.pt

Current address: Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP). Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n. 4200–465 Porto, Portugal

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal

Cláudia Ribeiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Joana T. de Oliveira, Cláudia Ribeiro

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Rita Barros

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Catarina Gomes

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Augusto J. de Matos

Affiliations Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Animal Science and Study Central (CECA), Food and Agrarian Sciences and Technologies Institute (ICETA), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Celso A. Reis

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Gerard R. Rutteman

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Specialist Veterinary Centre De Wagenrenk, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Fátima Gärtner

Affiliations Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDO CR. Performed the experiments: CR RB CG. Analyzed the data: JDO CR GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAR AJM FG. Wrote the paper: JDO CR.