About the Authors

Julio Rodriguez-Andres

Affiliations The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Seema Rani

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Margus Varjak

Affiliation Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Margo E. Chase-Topping

Affiliation Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Markus H. Beck

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Mhairi C. Ferguson

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Esther Schnettler

Affiliations The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Rennos Fragkoudis

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Gerald Barry

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Andres Merits

Affiliation Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

John K. Fazakerley

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Michael R. Strand

mrstrand@uga.edu (MRS); alain.kohl@glasgow.ac.uk (AK)

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Alain Kohl

mrstrand@uga.edu (MRS); alain.kohl@glasgow.ac.uk (AK)

Affiliations The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRA MRS JKF AK. Performed the experiments: JRA SR MV MHB MCF RF ES GB. Analyzed the data: JRA MECT MHB MRS JKF AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRS AM. Wrote the paper: AK MRS JRA JKF.