About the Authors

Silvia Sorce

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

Mario Nuvolone

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

Annika Keller

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

Jeppe Falsig

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

Ahmet Varol

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

Petra Schwarz

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

Monika Bieri

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Herbert Budka

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

Adriano Aguzzi

adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

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

Competing Interests

AA was supported by the Novartis Research Foundation. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MN JF AA. Performed the experiments: SS MN AK JF AV PS HB. Analyzed the data: SS MN AK JF PS HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: SS AA. Designed the software used in analysis: MB.