About the Authors

Tim J. Bull

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences-Surgery, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Sarah C. Gilbert

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Saranya Sridhar

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Linedale

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences-Surgery, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nicola Dierkes

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences-Surgery, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Karim Sidi-Boumedine

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences-Surgery, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

John Hermon-Taylor

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jhermon@sgul.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences-Surgery, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH TB. Performed the experiments: JH TB RL ND KS. Analyzed the data: JH TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH TB SG SS RL. Wrote the paper: JH TB. Other: Selected three of the four components of the vaccine: JH. Determined the vector strategy: JH. Obtained all the funding: JH.