About the Authors
- Punnee Pitisuttithum
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* E-mail: tmppt@mahidol.ac.th
Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Supachai Rerks-Ngarm
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Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
- Valai Bussaratid
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Jittima Dhitavat
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Wirach Maekanantawat
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Swangjai Pungpak
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Pravan Suntharasamai
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sirivan Vanijanonta
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sorachai Nitayapan
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Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
- Jaranit Kaewkungwal
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Michael Benenson
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Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
- Patricia Morgan
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Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
- Robert J. O'Connell
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey Berenberg
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Sanjay Gurunathan
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Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Donald P. Francis
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Affiliation Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Robert Paris
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Affiliation Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Joseph Chiu
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Affiliation Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Donald Stablein
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Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Nelson L. Michael
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jean-Louis Excler
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Merlin L. Robb
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jerome H. Kim
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Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Sanjay Gurunathan reports being employee of Sanofi Pasteur, who provided the reagents for the ALVAC-HIV vaccine. Donald P. Francis is employee of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (VaxGen), who provided the reagents for the immunogenicity assays. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be construed to represent the positions of the U.S. Army or Department of Defense or other institutions involved in the study. Donald Stablein is employee of The EMMES Corporation, a Contract Research Organization (CRO), responsible for the statistical analysis of the clinical trial data. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: DS JLE MLR JB JHK PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG DPF JK PM DS. Wrote the paper: PP JLE DS MLR RJO JHK. Conceived and designed the trial design: SRN PP DS MB JK NLM RP SG DPF JHK JC PM MLR. Performed the clinical trial: SRN PP VB JD WM SP PS SV SN.