About the Authors

William G. Branton

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kristofor K. Ellestad

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ferdinand Maingat

Affiliation Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

B. Matt Wheatley

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Erling Rud

Affiliation National Laboratory for HIV Pathogenesis, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

René L. Warren

Affiliation British Columbia Cancer Agency, Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robert A. Holt

Affiliation British Columbia Cancer Agency, Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael G. Surette

Affiliation Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Power

chris.power@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WGB KKE RAH MS ER CP. Performed the experiments: WGB KKE FM. Analyzed the data: WGB KKE RLW RAH CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAH MS RLW CP BMW ER. Wrote the paper: WGB CP. Collect human specimens and consent: BMW CP.