About the Authors

Caitlyn N. Kraft

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, 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

David W. Bissinger

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 Data curation

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

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 Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Candace.Mathiason@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.