About the Authors

Isabel Leroux-Roels

Affiliation Centre for Vaccinology, Ghent University and Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Roger Bernhard

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Dresden, Germany

Pascal Gérard

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Mamadou Dramé

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Emmanuel Hanon

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Geert Leroux-Roels

*E-mail: Geert.LerouxRoels@UGent.be

Affiliation Centre for Vaccinology, Ghent University and Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

RB, MD, PG and EH are employees of GSK Biologicals. GLR has been principal investigator of vaccine trials for GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Merck, and Sanofi Pasteur MSD, for which the Ghent University and Hospital receive research grants.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH GL IL RB PG MD. Performed the experiments: RB PG. Analyzed the data: EH GL IL RB PG MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH GL IL RB PG. Wrote the paper: EH GL IL RB PG MD.