About the Authors

Arun T. Kamath

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Anne-Françoise Rochat

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Dennis Christensen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Adjuvant Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Else Marie Agger

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Adjuvant Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Andersen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Adjuvant Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Paul-Henri Lambert

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Claire-Anne Siegrist

Claire-Anne.Siegrist@unige.ch

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology, Departments of Pathology-Immunology and Pediatrics, Medical Faculty of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

C.-A. Siegrist has received honoraria and research support unrelated to this study from GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, Wyeth, Nestec and Bema Biotech. P.-H. Lambert has received honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, and Novartis Vaccines, also unrelated to this study. P. Andersen is a co-inventor of patents relating to cationic liposomes as vaccine adjuvants.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATK AFR DC EMA PA PHL CAS. Performed the experiments: ATK AFR. Analyzed the data: ATK AFR DC EMA PA PHL CAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC EMA PA. Wrote the paper: ATK DC EMA PA PHL CAS.