About the Authors

Tristan H. Coady

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Travis D. Baughan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Monir Shababi

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Marco A. Passini

Affiliation Neuroscience, Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christian L. Lorson

lorsonc@missouri.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THC CLL. Performed the experiments: THC MS. Analyzed the data: CLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THC TDB. Wrote the paper: THC CLL. Training for animal injection experiments: MAP.