About the Authors

Christina D. Orrú

Contributed equally to this work with: Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman, Andrew G. Hughson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

christina.orru@nih.gov (CDO); bcaughey@nih.gov (BC)

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Bradley R. Groveman

Contributed equally to this work with: Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman, Andrew G. Hughson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Andrew G. Hughson

Contributed equally to this work with: Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman, Andrew G. Hughson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Tomás Barrio

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR INRAE ENVT 1225, Interactions Hôtes-Agents Pathogènes, École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France

Kachi Isiofia

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Cardiovascular Observation Unit at St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Brent Race

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Natalia C. Ferreira

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Pharmaceutical & Biologics Development, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside, CA, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Pierluigi Gambetti

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

David A. Schneider

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Animal Disease Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Kentaro Masujin

Roles Resources

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kohtaro Miyazawa

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Bernardino Ghetti

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Gianluigi Zanusso

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Byron Caughey

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

christina.orru@nih.gov (CDO); bcaughey@nih.gov (BC)

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity (LNII), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

BC, CDO, BG and AH are inventors on patent applications pertaining to RT-QuIC technology. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the US Government.