JJM and JBR obtained the molecular characterization data, carried out the electron microscopy studies, performed indirect immunofluorescence experiments and wrote the first draft of the manuscript.
DJJ contributed to the conception and design of the project, analysis and interpretation of the data, carried out molecular genetic studies, phylogenetic analyses and drafted the manuscript.
DJJ contributed to the conception and design of the project, analysis and interpretation of the data, carried out molecular genetic studies and drafted the manuscript.
Multiple sequence alignments are provided as additional files 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. FFN generated data, carried out molecular, evolutionary and statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript.
EH designed the study, collected the field data, carried out the molecular genetic studies, performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript.
ATBA, JGK and AMM build the strain collection, collected the patient status data, carried out the molecular genetic studies, performed the initial statistical analyses, and drafted the manuscript.
RVV conceived the study, carried out the molecular data collection and analyses, and drafted the manuscript.
MP-L collected the molecular data, generated the sequence alignment and carried out the molecular and some of the morphological analyses.
KL and FW carried out most of the fieldwork and molecular data collection, and participated in data analysis.
AF designed the study, carried out the field work, performed statistical analyses of molecular data, and drafted the manuscript.
