About the Authors

Arun T. Kamath

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Anne-Françoise Rochat

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Mario P. Valenti

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Else Marie Agger

Affiliation Adjuvant Research, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Karen Lingnau

Affiliation Intercell AG, Vienna, Austria

Peter Andersen

Affiliation Adjuvant Research, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Paul-Henri Lambert

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Claire-Anne Siegrist

Claire-Anne.Siegrist@unige.ch

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

C.-A. Siegrist has received honoraria and research support unrelated to this study from GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, Wyeth, Nestec and Bema Biotech. P.-H. Lambert has received honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, and Chiron Vaccines, also unrelated to this study. K. Lingnau is an employee and hold stock options of Intercell AG.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATK AFR MPV EMA KL PA PHL CAS. Performed the experiments: ATK AFR MPV. Analyzed the data: ATK CAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMA KL PA. Wrote the paper: ATK EMA KL PA PHL CAS.