About the Authors

Gabriel Kristian Pedersen

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Kristian Pedersen, Thomas Ebensen

gabriel.pedersen@gades.uib.no

Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

Thomas Ebensen

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Kristian Pedersen, Thomas Ebensen

Affiliation Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany

Ingrid Hjetland Gjeraker

Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

Signe Svindland

Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

Geir Bredholt

Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway

Carlos Alberto Guzmán

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Braunschweig, Germany

Rebecca Jane Cox

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, Department of Research and Development, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

Dr. Ebensen and Dr. Guzmán have a potential conflict of interest due to a patent application (EP 05 02 4266). The other authors report no conflicts of interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GKP IHG SS GB CAG RJC. Performed the experiments: GP IHG SS GB. Analyzed the data: GP IHG GB RJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TE CAG RJC. Wrote the paper: GP IHG RJC. Developed and verified the technique of sublingual vaccination used in the study: TE CAG.