About the Authors
- Barney S. Graham
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* E-mail: bgraham@nih.gov
Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- M. Juliana McElrath
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington at Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Michael C. Keefer
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Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Kyle Rybczyk
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Affiliation Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- David Berger
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington at Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Kent J. Weinhold
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Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Janet Ottinger
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Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Guido Ferarri
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Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- David C. Montefiori
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Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Don Stablein
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Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Carol Smith
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Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Richard Ginsberg
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† Deceased.
- John Eldridge
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Affiliation Profectus Biosciences, Inc., Tarrytown, New York, United States of America
- Ann Duerr
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Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington at Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Pat Fast
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America
- Barton F. Haynes
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Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- the AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group
Competing Interests
Barton F. Haynes was involved in the conceptual development of the peptide vaccine. Neither the EMMES Corporation nor Profectus Biosciences have competing intellectual or financial interests related to the products discussed in this manuscript. All the authors agree to adhere to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BSG MJM MCK KW JO GF DCM DS CS PF BFH. Performed the experiments: BSG MJM MCK KR DB KW JO GF DCM BFH. Analyzed the data: BSG MJM MCK KW JO GF DCM DS CS AD PF BFH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSG MJM KW JO GF DCM DS CS RG JE BFH. Wrote the paper: BSG MCK KR DB KW DS CS AD PF BFH.