About the Authors
- Nicola S. Lewis
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* E-mail: nsl25@cam.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Zurab Javakhishvili
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Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Colin A. Russell
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Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Ann Machablishvili
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Affiliations Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, Influenza Section, National Centre for Disease Control, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Pascal Lexmond
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Affiliation Department of Virology and National Influenza Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Josanne H. Verhagen
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Affiliation Department of Virology and National Influenza Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oanh Vuong
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Affiliation Department of Virology and National Influenza Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Tinatin Onashvili
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Affiliation Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Marina Donduashvili
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Affiliation Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Derek J. Smith
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Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Virology and National Influenza Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Ron A. M. Fouchier
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Affiliation Department of Virology and National Influenza Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors hereby declare that co-author Prof Ron A. M. Fouchier currently serves on the Editorial Board for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NSL ZJ DJS RAMF. Performed the experiments: NSL ZJ AM PL JHV OV TO MD. Analyzed the data: NSL ZJ CAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSL ZJ CAR AM TO MD DJS RAMF. Wrote the paper: NSL ZJ PL JHV RAMF.