About the Authors

Kristi M. Green

Current address: Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Joaquín Castilla

Current address: Department of Infectology, Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tanya S. Seward

Affiliation Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Dana L. Napier

Affiliation Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jean E. Jewell

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Claudio Soto

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Glenn C. Telling

gtell2@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMG JC CS GCT. Performed the experiments: KMG JC TSS DLN. Analyzed the data: KMG JC CS GCT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEJ. Wrote the paper: KMG JC GCT.