About the Authors

Mark J. Cameron

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alyson A. Kelvin

Affiliation Immune Diagnostics & Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alberto J. Leon

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Cheryl M. Cameron

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Longsi Ran

Affiliation Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Luoling Xu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yong-Kyu Chu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ali Danesh

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yuan Fang

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Qianjun Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Austin Anderson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ronald C. Couch

Affiliation Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Stephane G. Paquette

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ndingsa G. Fomukong

Affiliation Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Otfried Kistner

Affiliation Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Manfred Lauchart

Affiliation Baxter Innovations GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Rowe

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kevin S. Harrod

Affiliation Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Colleen B. Jonsson

Affiliation Center for Predictive Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

David J. Kelvin

dkelvin@uhnres.utoronto.ca

Affiliations Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, International Institute of Infection and Immunity, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Competing Interests

Otfried Kistner and Manfred Lauchart work for Baxter and supplied the SARS vaccine and were involved in the design of vaccination study. 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: MJC AAK AJL CMC AA RCC OK ML KSH CBJ DJK. Performed the experiments: CMC LR LX Y-KC AD YF QL AA SGP NGF TR. Analyzed the data: MJC AAK AJL Y-KC AD YF QL AA SGP NGF OK ML CBJ DJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA OK ML KSH CBJ DJK. Wrote the paper: MJC AAK DJK.