About the Authors

Kristin Mühldorfer

muehldorfer@izw-berlin.de

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Stephanie Speck

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Andreas Kurth

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

René Lesnik

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Conrad Freuling

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Wusterhausen, Germany

Thomas Müller

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Wusterhausen, Germany

Stephanie Kramer-Schadt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Gudrun Wibbelt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AK TM GW. Performed the experiments: KM SS AK RL CF TM GW. Analyzed the data: KM AK SKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM SS AK RL CF TM SKS GW. Wrote the paper: KM.