About the Authors

Kathryn M. Frietze

kfrietze@salud.unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4660, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

Juan M. Pascale

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Ave. Justo Arosemena y Calle 35, Panamá, Panamá

Brechla Moreno

Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Ave. Justo Arosemena y Calle 35, Panamá, Panamá

Bryce Chackerian

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4660, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

David S. Peabody

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC08 4660, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BC and DSP: Ownership interest (including patents) in Agilvax, Inc., consultants/advisory board members of Agilvax, Inc. which has licensed the VLP display platform which is described in this manuscript. DSP: Received a commercial grant from Agilvax, Inc. not related to this project. KMF: Previously a paid consultant for Agilvax, Inc. JMP and BM: These authors have declared no competing interests exist. BC and DSP are inventors of a patent related to this manuscript (US Patent 9,365,831. Plasmids and methods for peptide display and affinity-selection on virus-like particles of RNA bacteriophages. Patent issued June 14, 2016). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KMF BC DSP. Data curation: BM JMP KMF. Formal analysis: KMF DSP BM JMP. Funding acquisition: BC JMP. Investigation: KMF BM JMP DSP. Methodology: KMF DSP BC. Project administration: KMF DSP BC JMP BM. Resources: BM JMP KMF DSP BC. Software: KMF. Supervision: DSP BC. Visualization: KMF. Writing – original draft: KMF. Writing – review & editing: KMF JMP DSP BC.