About the Authors

Gervais Rioux

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Cindy Babin

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Nathalie Majeau

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Denis Leclerc

Denis.Leclerc@crchul.ulaval.ca

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: DL declares a financial interest in this technology. DL is a share holder of the company FOLIA BIOTECH INC., which is currently exploiting this technology for development of innovative vaccines to various infectious diseases. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR NM DL. Performed the experiments: GR CB. Analyzed the data: DL NM GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR CB NM. Wrote the paper: GR NM DL.