About the Authors

James S. Testa

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vivekananda Shetty

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Julie Hafner

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Zacharie Nickens

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shivali Kamal

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gomathinayagam Sinnathamby

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ramila Philip

rphilip@immunotope.com

Affiliation Immunotope, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

Provisional United States patent application: #US 61/548,985 Title: MHC class I associated peptides for prevention and treatment of Influenza virus infection. All authors are employed by Immunotope, Inc. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: RP JT VS. Performed the experiments: JT JH ZN GS SK. Analyzed the data: JT VS RP. Wrote the paper: JT VS RP.