About the Authors

Ian R. Peak

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian R. Peak, Yogitha N. Srikhanta

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Yogitha N. Srikhanta

Contributed equally to this work with: Ian R. Peak, Yogitha N. Srikhanta

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Vincent E. Weynants

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Christiane Feron

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Jan T. Poolman

Current address: Crucell, Leiden, Holland

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Michael P. Jennings

m.jennings@griffith.edu.au

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

VEW, CF, and JTP are employees of GlaxoSmithKline. JTP was an employee of GSK at the at the time of the study. IRP and MPJ are named inventors on patents relating to this work and therefore have a potential financial interest. The current or former employment of authors, or potential interest through patent inventorships of authors does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IRP MPJ JTP. Performed the experiments: IRP YNS VEW CF. Wrote the paper: IRP MPJ VEW.