About the Authors
- Michael L. Clawson
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* E-mail: mike.clawson@ars.usda.gov
Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Juergen A. Richt
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Affiliation USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Thierry Baron
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Affiliation Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Unité ATNC, Lyon, France
- Anne-Gaëlle Biacabe
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Affiliation Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Unité ATNC, Lyon, France
- Stefanie Czub
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Affiliation National & OIE BSE Reference Laboratories, Pathology/Virology/Wildlife Diseases, Animal Diseases Research Institute/Canada, Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge/Alberta, Canada
- Michael P. Heaton
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- Timothy P. L. Smith
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Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
- William W. Laegreid
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Current address: Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MC WL. Performed the experiments: MC JR TS. Analyzed the data: MC JR WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB AB SC JR MH. Wrote the paper: MC. Other: Reviewed the paper: WL TS MH SC AB TB JR.