About the Authors

Nadine Ader-Ebert

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mojtaba Khosravi

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Michael Herren

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mislay Avila

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Lisa Alves

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Fanny Bringolf

Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Claes Örvell

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Johannes P. Langedijk

Affiliation Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Leiden, Netherlands

Andreas Zurbriggen

Affiliation Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Richard K. Plemper

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Philippe Plattet

philippe.plattet@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

Affiliation Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP. Performed the experiments: NAE MK MH MA LA FB. Analyzed the data: CO JPL AZ RKP PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CO. Wrote the paper: RKP PP.