About the Authors

Scott L. Nuismer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

snuismer@uidaho.edu (SLN); andrew.davison@glasgow.ac.uk (AJD)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Christopher H. Remien

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, United States of America

Bruno Ghersi

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jenna Nichols

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genetic Design and Engineering Center (GDEC), Bioengineering Department, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

James Bangura

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Emmanuel Amara

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Marilyn C. Kanu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Osman T. Kanu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Edwin G. Lavalie

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Mohamed Turay

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Makeni, Makeni, Sierra Leone

Patrick L. K. Swaray

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Mohamed A. Vandi

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Joseph Hughes

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Heinz Feldmann

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Kyle Rosenke

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Michael A. Jarvis

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom, The Vaccine Group Ltd., Plymouth, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Davison

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

snuismer@uidaho.edu (SLN); andrew.davison@glasgow.ac.uk (AJD)

Affiliation MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: M.A.J. is the founder and a shareholder of The Vaccine Group Ltd. M.A.J., K.R., H.F., J.H., A.J.D., J.N., and S.L.N. are listed as inventors on pending patent application WO 2024/115785 A1 for a recombinant Lassa fever vaccine, composed of a M. natalensis cytomegalovirus with a Lassa virus nucleoprotein transgene.