About the Authors

Gallen B. Triana-Baltzer

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Larisa V. Gubareva

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John M. Nicholls

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Melissa B. Pearce

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vasiliy P. Mishin

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica A. Belser

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Li-Mei Chen

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Renee W. Y. Chan

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Michael C. W. Chan

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Maria Hedlund

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Larson

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Ronald B. Moss

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Katz

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Terrence M. Tumpey

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Fang Fang

ffang@nexbio.com

Affiliation NexBio, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

NexBio, Inc. has filed the following patent applications on DAS181 (publication #2005/0112751 and #2005/0004020 and related continuations thereof). G.T-B., M.H., J.L., R.M., and F.F are affiliated to NexBio, Inc. http://www.nexbio.com. L.V.G., J.M.N, J.A.B., V.P.M, M.B.P., L-M. C., R.W.Y.C., M.C.W.C., J.M.K., and T.M.T. declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GBTB LG JMN VPM JAB MH JLL RBm TMT FF. Performed the experiments: LG JMN MBP VPM JAB LMC RWYC MCC. Analyzed the data: GBTB LG JMN VPM LMC RWYC MH RBm JMK TMT FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GBTB LG JMN VPM RWYC JMK TMT FF. Wrote the paper: GBTB JLL.