About the Authors
- Laura B Goodman
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Arianna Loregian
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Affiliation Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Gillian A Perkins
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Josie Nugent
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Affiliation Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth L Buckles
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Beatrice Mercorelli
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Affiliation Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Julia H Kydd
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Current address: School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom
Affiliation Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
- Giorgio Palù
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Affiliation Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Ken C Smith
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Current address: Royal Veterinary College, Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
- Nikolaus Osterrieder
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: no34@cornell.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Nicholas Davis-Poynter
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Current address: Herpesvirus Molecular Pathogenesis Unit, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital Clinical Medical Virology Centre, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Affiliation Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
LBG performed the majority of the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the manuscript. AL, BM, and GP designed and performed the polymerase activity assays. ELB, KCS, and GAP performed postmortem examinations of animals. GAP, JN, and JHK participated in the animal studies, and GAP assisted with qPCR analyses. LBG, AL, GAP, JN, ELB, BM, JHK, GP, KCS, NO, and NDP revised the manuscript. NO and NDP share senior authorship.