About the Authors
- Christine Tkaczyk
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Melissa M. Hamilton
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Vivekananda Datta
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Affiliation Pathology Department, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Xiang Ping Yang
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Jamese J. Hilliard
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Geoffrey L. Stephens
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Affiliation Department of Respiratory, Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Agnieszka Sadowska
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Lei Hua
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Terrence O’Day
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Affiliation Biostatistics Department, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- JoAnn Suzich
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Charles Kendall Stover
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
- Bret R. Sellman
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* E-mail: sellmanb@medimmune.com
Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
All authors are employees of MedImmune, LLC, (a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals) whose company funded this study. The monoclonal antibody described in this manuscript is included in a pending patent application. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: CT MMH XPY GLS BRS. Performed the experiments: CT MMH VD XPY AS. Analyzed the data: CT MMH VD XPY AS TO BRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH JJH. Wrote the paper: CT JS CKS BRS.