About the Authors
- Gabriel Kristian Pedersen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Kristian Pedersen, Thomas Ebensen
* E-mail: gabriel.pedersen@gades.uib.no
Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
- Thomas Ebensen
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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
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Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
- Signe Svindland
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Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
- Geir Bredholt
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Affiliation The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
- Carlos Alberto Guzmán
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¶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
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¶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.