About the Authors

Aylin Yilmaz

aylin.yilmaz@gu.se

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Magnus Gisslén

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Serena Spudich

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Evelyn Lee

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anura Jayewardene

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Francesca Aweeka

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Richard W. Price

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG RWP. Performed the experiments: AJ FA. Analyzed the data: AY MG AJ FA RWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA. Wrote the paper: AY MG SS EL AJ RWP.