About the Authors

Kristina Nyström

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France

Ghislaine Le Gall-Reculé

Affiliation Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan/Plouzané, Unité de Virologie, Immunologie, Parasitologie Aviaires et Cunicoles, Ploufragan, France

Paola Grassi

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Joana Abrantes

Affiliations CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrario de Vairao, Vairao, Portugal, INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France

Nathalie Ruvoën-Clouet

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France

Beatrice Le Moullac-Vaidye

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France

Ana M. Lopes

Affiliation CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrario de Vairao, Vairao, Portugal

Pedro J. Esteves

Affiliations CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Campus Agrario de Vairao, Vairao, Portugal, CITS, Centro de Investigacao em Tecnologias de Saude, CESPU, Gandra, Portugal

Tanja Strive

Affiliations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, Australia

Stéphane Marchandeau

Affiliation Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Direction des Etudes et de la Recherche, Nantes, France

Anne Dell

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Stuart M. Haslam

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Jacques Le Pendu

jlependu@nantes.inserm.fr

Affiliation INSERM, U892, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN GLGR NRC PJE AD SMH JLP. Performed the experiments: KN PG JA NRC BLMV AML. Analyzed the data: KN GLGR JA NRC PJE SM TS AD SMH JLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLGR NRC TS SM PJE. Wrote the paper: KN JLP GLGR JA PJE TS SM AD SMH.