About the Authors

Chase R. Khedmatgozar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Sara A. M. Holec

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Amanda L. Woerman

amanda.woerman@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Prion Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: U.S. Patent Application PCT/US2023/072173 was filed related to some of the research discussed (ALW is an inventor). The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.