About the Authors

Chae Kim

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Tracy Haldiman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Yvonne Cohen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Wei Chen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Janis Blevins

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Man-Sun Sy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Mark Cohen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jiri G. Safar

jiri.safar@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGS. Performed the experiments: CK TH YC WC. Analyzed the data: JGS JB MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-SS. Wrote the paper: JGS.