About the Authors
- Srinivas S. Rao
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Wing-Pui Kong
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Chih-Jen Wei
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Neal Van Hoeven
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- J. Patrick Gorres
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Martha Nason
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Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Hanne Andersen
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Affiliation BIOQUAL, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Terrence M. Tumpey
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Gary J. Nabel
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* E-mail: gnabel@nih.gov
Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the authors, Hanne Anderson, works for a commercial company (BioQual, Inc) and performed some assays as a paid contractor. The study was entirely funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SSR GJN. Performed the experiments: WPK CJW NVH HA TMT. Analyzed the data: SSR WPK CJW JPG MN GJN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMT. Wrote the paper: SSR WPK CJW JPG HA TMT GJN.