About the Authors

Naveen Kumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Naveen Kumar, Yashpal Singh Malik, Satish Kumar, Kuldeep Sharma

Current address: National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Affiliation Biological Standardization Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Yashpal Singh Malik

Contributed equally to this work with: Naveen Kumar, Yashpal Singh Malik, Satish Kumar, Kuldeep Sharma

malikyps@ivri.res.in

Affiliation Biological Standardization Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Satish Kumar

Contributed equally to this work with: Naveen Kumar, Yashpal Singh Malik, Satish Kumar, Kuldeep Sharma

Affiliation Division of Animal Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kuldeep Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Naveen Kumar, Yashpal Singh Malik, Satish Kumar, Kuldeep Sharma

Affiliation National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Subhankar Sircar

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biological Standardization Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sharad Saurabh

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biological Standardization Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Baldev R. Gulati

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Research Center on Equines (NRCE), Hisar, Haryana, India

Neeraj Singh

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Biological Standardization Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Arvind Kumar Singh

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Animal Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vinay G. Joshi

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Animal Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Krisztian Banyai

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungáriakrt. 21, Budapest, Hungary

Kuldeep Dhama

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Immunology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK YSM SK. Performed the experiments: NK KS AKS SBS NS SS. Analyzed the data: NK YSM SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YSM SK BRG NK. Wrote the paper: NK YSM KB KD VGJ.