About the Authors

Kerry L. Woods

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Romina Theiler

Current address: Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marcus Mühlemann

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Adrian Segiser

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Sandra Huber

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Hifzur R. Ansari

Affiliation Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Arnab Pain

Affiliation Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dirk A. E. Dobbelaere

dirk.dobbelaere@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Molecular Pathobiology, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLW DAED AP. Performed the experiments: KLW RT MM AS SH HRA. Wrote the paper: DAED KLW.