About the Authors

Yoshimi Enose-Akahata

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Shila Azodi

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Bryan R. Smith

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Bridgette Jeanne Billioux

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Ashley Vellucci

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Nyater Ngouth

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Yuetsu Tanaka

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Joan Ohayon

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Neuroimmunology Clinic, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Irene Cortese

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Neuroimmunology Clinic, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Avindra Nath

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Steven Jacobson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jacobsons@ninds.nih.gov

Affiliation Viral Immunology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.