About the Authors

Sarah E. Lloyd

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Emma G. Maytham

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Hirva Pota

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Julia Grizenkova

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Eleni Molou

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

James Uphill

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Holger Hummerich

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Jerome Whitfield

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Michael P. Alpers

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Centre for International Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Simon Mead

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

John Collinge

j.collinge@prion.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEL JC. Performed the experiments: SEL EGM HP JG EM JU. Analyzed the data: SEL HH SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW MPA. Wrote the paper: SEL JC.