About the Authors

José Ramos-Castañeda

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Centro de Investigaciones sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas, Morelos, Mexico

Flavia Barreto dos Santos

Affiliation Laboratório de Imunologia Viral, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ruth Martínez-Vega

Affiliation Universidad de Santander, Escuela de Medicina, Santander, Colombia

Josélio Maria Galvão de Araujo

Affiliation Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Doenças Infecciosas e do Câncer, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia; Instituto de Medicina Tropical do Rio Grande do Norte; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Graham Joint

Affiliation Synercom Ltd, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Elsa Sarti

elsa.sarti@sanofipasteur.com

Affiliation Sanofi Pasteur, LATAM, Mexico

Competing Interests

JRC is a member of the Sanofi Pasteur Scientific Advisory Board on Dengue Vaccine and received honorary from the company; ES is an employee of Sanofi Pasteur. GJ is a Director of Synercom Ltd, Macclesfield, UK, which received payment for medical writing services. FBdS, RMV, and JMGdA have no conflicts to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRC FBdS RMV JMGdA GJ ES. Performed the experiments: JRC FBdS RMV JMGdA GJ ES. Analyzed the data: JRC FBdS RMV JMGdA GJ ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRC FBdS RMV JMGdA GJ ES. Wrote the paper: JRC FBdS RMV JMGdA GJ ES.