About the Authors
- Girishchandra B. Patel
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* E-mail: girish.patel@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Affiliation Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Hongyan Zhou
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Affiliation Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Amalia Ponce
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Affiliation Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Greg Harris
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Affiliation Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- Wangxue Chen
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Affiliation Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Competing Interests
GBP and WC are co-inventors on patent applications (owned by the Crown/Government of Canada) on the archaeal lipid mucosal vaccine adjuvant and delivery (AMVAD) technology. None of the other authors declare any conflicts. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GBP WC. Performed the experiments: HZ AP GH. Analyzed the data: GBP HZ AP GH WC. Wrote the paper: GBP WC.