About the Authors

Alexandra J. Spencer

alex.spencer@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Matthew G. Cottingham

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jennifer A. Jenks

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rhea J. Longley

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stefania Capone

Affiliation Okairos, Rome, Italy

Stefano Colloca

Affiliation Okairos, Rome, Italy

Antonella Folgori

Affiliation Okairos, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Cortese

Affiliations Okairos, Rome, Italy, Okairos AG, c/o OBC Suisse AG, Basel, Switzerland

Alfredo Nicosia

Affiliations Okairos, Rome, Italy, CEINGE, Naples, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Migena Bregu

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Adrian V. S. Hill

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

AVSH is a named inventor on WO/2008/122811-Adenoviral vectors encoding a pathogen or tumour antigen and WO/2008/122769-Adenoviral vector encoding malaria antigen. S. Colloca, AF, RC, and AN are named inventors on patent application WO 2005071093 (A3)-Chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine carriers. Authors from Okairos were employees of and/or share holders in Okairos, 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: AJS MGC MB AVSH. Performed the experiments: AJS RJL JAJ SCapone. Analyzed the data: AJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC RC SC AF AN. Wrote the paper: AJS MGC.