About the Authors
- Gaston De Serres
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* E-mail: gaston.deserres@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Affiliations Centre de recherche du CHUQ-CHUL, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Marie-Claude Gariépy
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Affiliation Centre de recherche du CHUQ-CHUL, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Brenda Coleman
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Affiliation Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Isabelle Rouleau
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Affiliation Centre de recherche du CHUQ-CHUL, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Shelly McNeil
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Affiliation Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Mélanie Benoît
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Affiliation Centre de recherche du CHUQ-CHUL, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Allison McGeer
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Affiliation Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Ardith Ambrose
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Affiliation Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Judy Needham
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Affiliation Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Chantal Bergeron
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Affiliation The Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Cynthia Grenier
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Affiliation Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Kenna Sleigh
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Affiliation University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Arlene Kallos
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Affiliation Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Manale Ouakki
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Affiliation Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Najwa Ouhoummane
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Affiliation Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Grant Stiver
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Affiliation University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Louis Valiquette
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Affiliation Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Anne McCarthy
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Affiliation The Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Julie Bettinger
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Affiliation Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- on behalf of the PHAC-CIHR influenza Research Network (PCIRN)
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Gaston De Serres has received research grant from GSK, Sanofi Pasteur. Shelly McNeil has research grants from GSK, Pfizer, and Sanofi and participated in clinical trials for GSK, Sanofi, Pfizer, Merck, Novartis. She has received speaking fees/honoraria from Merck, GsK and Pfizer. Mélanie Benoît owned Janssen-ortho stocks and/or stock options and was an employee of Janssen-ortho (Johnson and Johnson) until 2009. Louis Valiquette has served on advisory boards for Abbott and Wyeth, and has received compensation to conduct clinical trials involving antibacterials from Genzyme, Wyeth, Merck, Pfizer, BioCryst, and Optimer. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GDS SM A. McGeer GS LV A. McCarthy JB. Performed the experiments: M-CG BC IR MB AA CB CG KS AK. Analyzed the data: MO NO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GDS M-CG BC IR SM MB A. McGeer AA JN CB CG KS AK MO NO GS LV A. McCarthy JB. Wrote the paper: M-CG GDS.