About the Authors

Alessia Liguori

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Enrico Malito

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Paola Lo Surdo

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Luca Fagnocchi

Affiliation Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare “Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi”, Milan, Italy

Francesca Cantini

Affiliation CERM Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Andreas F. Haag

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sébastien Brier

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Centre François Jacob, Paris, France

Mariagrazia Pizza

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Isabel Delany

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Matthew J. Bottomley

matthew.j.bottomley@gsk.com

Affiliation GSK Vaccines Srl, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: at the time of the study, all authors were employed by GSK Vaccines Srl (Italy), except for AL and LF who were funded by GSK Academy PhD Fellowships. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL EM PLS LF FC AFH SB ID MJB. Performed the experiments: AL EM LF FC AFH. Analyzed the data: AL EM PLS LF FC AFH SB MP ID MJB. Wrote the paper: AL EM PLS LF FC AFH SB MP ID MJB.