About the Authors
- Christina D. Orrú
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman
Affiliation Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Bradley R. Groveman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman
Affiliation Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Lynne D. Raymond
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Affiliation Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Andrew G. Hughson
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Affiliation Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
- Romolo Nonno
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Wenquan Zou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Bernardino Ghetti
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Pierluigi Gambetti
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Byron Caughey
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* E-mail: bcaughey@nih.gov
Affiliation Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: We are preparing a patent application to cover novel RT-QuIC applications described in this study. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BC CDO BRG. Performed the experiments: CDO BRG. Analyzed the data: CDO BRG BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LDR AGH RN WZ BG PG. Wrote the paper: BC CDO BRG LDR AGH.