About the Authors

Davin M. Henderson

Contributed equally to this work with: Davin M. Henderson, Nathaniel D. Denkers, Clare E. Hoover

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Nathaniel D. Denkers

Contributed equally to this work with: Davin M. Henderson, Nathaniel D. Denkers, Clare E. Hoover

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Clare E. Hoover

Contributed equally to this work with: Davin M. Henderson, Nathaniel D. Denkers, Clare E. Hoover

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Erin E. McNulty

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Sarah K. Cooper

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Lauren A. Bracchi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Candace K. Mathiason

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Edward A. Hoover

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

edward.hoover@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United states of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.