About the Authors

Daryl Rhys Jones

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

William Alexander Taylor

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Clive Bate

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Monique David

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Mourad Tayebi

mtayebi@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: DRJ WAT MD. Analyzed the data: CB MD MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB. Wrote the paper: MD MT.