About the Authors

Benoît Baras

Affiliation Preclinical Virology, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Koert J. Stittelaar

Affiliation ViroClinics BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

James H. Simon

Affiliation ViroClinics BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Robert J. M. M. Thoolen

Affiliation Global Pathology Support, Toxicologic Pathology, The Hague, The Netherlands

Sally P. Mossman

Affiliation Preclinical Virology, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Frank H. M. Pistoor

Affiliation ViroClinics BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Geert van Amerongen

Affiliation ViroClinics BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Martine A. Wettendorff

Affiliation Preclinical Virology, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Emmanuel Hanon

Affiliation Preclinical Virology, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: a.osterhaus@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations ViroClinics BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center (MC), Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

BB, SM, MW and EH are employees of GSK Biologicals. Four authors are employees of Viroclinics BV. One author is an employee of GPS.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH AO BB JS FP MW. Performed the experiments: Gv KS RT. Analyzed the data: EH AO BB KS JS RT SM MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS FP. Wrote the paper: AO BB SM.