About the Authors
- Julia Peterson
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Magnus Gisslen
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Henrik Zetterberg
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Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
- Dietmar Fuchs
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Affiliation Division of Biological Chemistry, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Barbara L. Shacklett
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America
- Lars Hagberg
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Constantin T. Yiannoutsos
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University, R.M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America
- Serena S. Spudich
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
- Richard W. Price
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* E-mail: rwprice@sfgh.ucsf.edu
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have no competing interests that could be construed as influencing the contents of this paper. However the authors list the following general potential conflicts of interest: RWP has been a consultant to Merck and Co and has received an honorarium and travel support from Abbott Laboratories/AbbVie for meeting presentations. MG has received research grants from Abbott, Baxter, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Roche and Tibotec, and he has received honoraria as a speaker and/or advisor from Abbott/Abbvie, Bioinvent, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, Merck, Pfizer, Roche and Tibotec/Janssen. SS has received an honorarium and travel support from AbbVie, Inc. for a meeting presentation. HZ reports no conflicts. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG HZ RWP. Performed the experiments: JP MG HZ DF BLS LH SSS RWP. Analyzed the data: JP MG HZ CTY RWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ DF. Wrote the paper: JP MG HZ BLS SSS RWP.