About the Authors

Mourad Tayebi

mtayebi@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Daryl Rhys Jones

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

William Alexander Taylor

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Benjamin Frederick Stileman

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Charlotte Chapman

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Deming Zhao

Affiliation National Animal TSE Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Monique David

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: DRJ WAT BFS CC MD. Analyzed the data: MD. Wrote the paper: MT. Interpreted experiments: MT MD. Critical review of the manuscript: DZ.