About the Authors

M. Khalid F. Salamat

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Khalid F. Salamat, A. Richard Alejo Blanco, Sandra McCutcheon

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

A. Richard Alejo Blanco

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Khalid F. Salamat, A. Richard Alejo Blanco, Sandra McCutcheon

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Sandra McCutcheon

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Khalid F. Salamat, A. Richard Alejo Blanco, Sandra McCutcheon

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Kyle B. C. Tan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

Paula Stewart

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

Helen Brown

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

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

Allister Smith

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Christopher de Wolf

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software

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

Martin H. Groschup

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald, Germany

Dietmar Becher

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Micromun GmbH, Greifswald, Germany

Olivier Andréoletti

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation UMR INRA ENVT 1225, Interactions Hôtes Agents Pathogènes, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Marc Turner

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), The Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jean C. Manson

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

E. Fiona Houston

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fiona.houston@roslin.ed.ac.uk

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.