About the Authors

Jacob I. Ayers

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Charles R. Schutt

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ronald A. Shikiya

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Adriano Aguzzi

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Anthony E. Kincaid

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jason C. Bartz

jbartz@creighton.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIA CRS RAS AEK JCB. Performed the experiments: JIA CRS RAS. Analyzed the data: JIA CRS RAS AEK JCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: JIA JCB.