1. Swiss National Reference Centre for Tick‐Transmitted Diseases Lausanne Switzerland
2. ADMED Microbiologie La Chaux‐de‐Fonds Switzerland
3. Institute of Microbiology Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
4. Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA
5. National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA
6. Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease The Rockefeller University New York New York USA