About the Authors

Asuncion Mejias

Asuncion.Mejias@nationwidechildrens.org (AM); Octavio.Ramilo@nationwidechildrens.org (OR)

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Blerta Dimo

Affiliation Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Nicolas M. Suarez

Affiliation Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Carla Garcia

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

M. Carmen Suarez-Arrabal

Affiliation Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tuomas Jartti

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Derek Blankenship

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Alejandro Jordan-Villegas

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Monica I. Ardura

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Zhaohui Xu

Affiliation Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jacques Banchereau

Affiliation Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Damien Chaussabel

Affiliations Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Octavio Ramilo

Asuncion.Mejias@nationwidechildrens.org (AM); Octavio.Ramilo@nationwidechildrens.org (OR)

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

In the last 3 years, OR has had financial relations with companies that are involved with respiratory viruses research or product as follows: Advisory boards: Gilead, Abbvie, Alios, Quidel; Honoraria for Lectures and Co-Chair Medical Conferences: Abbvie; Cover part of travel expenses to present clinical study at a scientific conference: MedImmune; Research Grant: Abbott Molecular. In the last 3 years, AM has had relations with companies that are involved with respiratory viruses research or product as follows: Advisory Boards: Alios, Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA; Honoraria for Lectures at CME Conferences: Abbvie; Research Grant: Gilead. All other authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM OR. Performed the experiments: BD NMS ZX AM. Analyzed the data: BD CG AJV MIA NMS DB MCSA AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZX DC JB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AM BD OR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AM OR BD JB DC. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AM BD NMS CG MCSA TJ DB AJV MIA ZX JB DC OR. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: AM BD NMS CG MCSA TJ DB AJV MIA ZX JB DC OR. Enrolled patients: CG MCSA AJV MIA AM TJ.