About the Authors

Anna Lundin

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Lundin, Ronald Dijkman

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Ronald Dijkman

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Lundin, Ronald Dijkman

Affiliations Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, Federal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Berne and Mittelhäusern, Switzerland

Tomas Bergström

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Nina Kann

Affiliation Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Beata Adamiak

Current address: Avian Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Compton Laboratory, Compton, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Charles Hannoun

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Eveline Kindler

Affiliations Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, Federal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Berne and Mittelhäusern, Switzerland

Hulda R. Jónsdóttir

Affiliations Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, Federal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Berne and Mittelhäusern, Switzerland

Doreen Muth

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Joeri Kint

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Merck Animal Health, Bioprocess Technology & Support, Boxmeer, The Netherlands

Maria Forlenza

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Marcel A. Müller

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Christian Drosten

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Volker Thiel

volker.thiel@vetsuisse.unibe.ch (VT); eward.trybala@microbio.gu.se (ET)

Affiliations Institute of Immunobiology, Kantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland, Federal Department of Home Affairs, Institute of Virology and Immunology, Berne and Mittelhäusern, Switzerland, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland

Edward Trybala

volker.thiel@vetsuisse.unibe.ch (VT); eward.trybala@microbio.gu.se (ET)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

JK is employed by a commercial company, Merck Animal Health. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL TB CH BA VT ET. Performed the experiments: AL RD EK HRJ JK DM. Analyzed the data: AL BA CH NK ET VT RD EK HRJ DM MAM CD MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK. Wrote the paper: VT ET RD AL.