About the Authors
- Rodica Gilca
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* E-mail: rodica.gilca@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Affiliations Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Public Health Research Unit, Quebec University Hospital Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Geneviève Deceuninck
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Affiliation Public Health Research Unit, Quebec University Hospital Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Brigitte Lefebvre
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
- Raymond Tsang
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Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Rachid Amini
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Affiliation Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Vladimir Gilca
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Affiliations Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Public Health Research Unit, Quebec University Hospital Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Monique Douville-Fradet
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Affiliations Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Public Health Research Unit, Quebec University Hospital Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- France Markowski
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Affiliation Ministry of Health and Social Services, Quebec, Canada
- Philippe De Wals
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Affiliations Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Public Health Research Unit, Quebec University Hospital Centre, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have the following conflicts: RG received a research grant for unrelated study from Pfizer; PDW received research grants, honoraria and reimbursements of travel expenses from vaccine manufacturers Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Novartis, Sanofi Pasteur, Merck and Pfizer; VG received research grants, honoraria and/or reimbursements of travel expenses from Novartis, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Merck and Pfizer; GD, BL, RT, RA, MDF, and FM have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: RG GD PDW. Performed the experiments: BL RT. Analyzed the data: GD RG BL RT RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL RT. Wrote the paper: RG GD RT. Contributed to interpretation of data: RG GD BL RT RA VG MDF FM PDW. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: RG GD BL RT RA VG MDF FM PDW.