About the Authors

Lise Lamoureux

Affiliation Prion Laboratory Services Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Sharon L. R. Simon

Affiliation Prion Laboratory Services Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Margot Plews

Affiliation Prion Laboratory Services Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Viola Ruddat

Affiliation GE Healthcare, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Simone Brunet

Affiliation Prion Laboratory Services Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Catherine Graham

Affiliation National Centres for Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Stefanie Czub

Affiliation National Centres for Animal Disease, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

J. David Knox

david.knox@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliations Prion Laboratory Services Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

One of the authors, Viola Ruddat, is employed as an Application Scientist by GE Health Care. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDK LL SS VR SC CG. Performed the experiments: LL SS MP SB. Analyzed the data: JDK LL SS VR SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC CG. Wrote the paper: JDK SS LL VR CG.