About the Authors
- M. Jeff Bergen
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Current address: Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Affiliations Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Chien-Hsiung Pan
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Current address: Vaccine Research and Development Center, Taiwan National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Affiliation W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Catherine E. Greer
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harold S. Legg
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- John M. Polo
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Current address: XOMA (US) LLC, Berkeley, California, United States of America
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Diane E. Griffin
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* E-mail: dgriffin@jhsph.edu
Affiliations Graduate Program in Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Diane Griffin is a member of a Novartis Vaccines Scientific Advisory Board and Drs. Greer, Legg and Polo were employees of Novartis (Chiron). Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics holds patents on, and is developing, the VEE/SIN vaccine platform. These affiliations do not alter adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJB DEG. Performed the experiments: MJB CHP. Analyzed the data: MJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEG HSL JMP. Wrote the paper: MJB DEG. Participated in preparation of the manuscript: CEG, HSL, JMP.