About the Authors

Epke A. Le Rutte

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

e.lerutte@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Luc E. Coffeng

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Stefano Malvolti

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MM Global Health Consulting, Zurich, Switzerland

Paul M. Kaye

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation York Biomedical Research Institute, Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Sake J. de Vlas

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SM / MMGH received funding from the University of York to support the definition of a clinical development strategy and related business case for the vaccine candidate ChAd63-KH. PMK is funded by the Wellcome Trust (WT108518) and EDCTP (RIA2016V-1640) to develop a vaccine against leishmaniasis and is co-inventor of a patent covering a synthetic vaccine gene sequence (PCT/GB2010/000815).