About the Authors

Tracy O'Connor

TracyLynn.O'Connor@usz.ch (TO); adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch (AA)

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Nathalie Frei

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Jana Sponarova

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Petra Schwarz

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Mathias Heikenwalder

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Adriano Aguzzi

TracyLynn.O'Connor@usz.ch (TO); adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch (AA)

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO NF JS PS MH AA. Performed the experiments: TO NF MH. Analyzed the data: TO NF MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: TO MH AA.