About the Authors

Rachana Bhattarai

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Christine M. Budke

cbudke@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Hélène Carabin

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jefferson V. Proaño

Affiliation Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México Distrito Federal, Mexico

Jose Flores-Rivera

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, México Distrito Federal, Mexico

Teresa Corona

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, México Distrito Federal, Mexico

Renata Ivanek

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Karen F. Snowden

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Ana Flisser

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México Distrito Federal, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMB HC AF. Performed the experiments: JVP JFR TC AF HC CMB. Analyzed the data: RB CMB HC RI KFS. Wrote the paper: RB CMB HC JVP JFR TC RI KFS AF.