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These authors contributed equally: Andrew J. Bennett, Adrian C. Paskey, Arnt Ebinger

Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Andrew J. Bennett & Tony L. Goldberg

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Adrian C. Paskey & Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly

Leidos, Reston, VA, USA
Adrian C. Paskey

Genomics and Bioinformatics Department, Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center–Frederick, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
Adrian C. Paskey & Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly

Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Arnt Ebinger, Florian Pfaff, Dirk Höper & Martin Beer

State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries, Rostock, Germany
Grit Priemer

Department of Experimental Animal Facilities and Biorisk Management, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Angele Breithaupt

Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Elisa Heuser & Rainer G. Ulrich

German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Insel Riems, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Elisa Heuser & Rainer G. Ulrich

Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
Jens H. Kuhn

Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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