About the Authors

Sasmita Mishra

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Bianca J. Lavelle

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Joe Desrosiers

Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Matt T. Ardito

Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Frances Terry

Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

William D. Martin

Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Anne S. De Groot

Affiliations Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Stephen H. Gregory

sgregory@lifespan.org

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

Anne De Groot and William Martin are senior officers and majority shareholders at EpiVax, Inc. Matt Ardito and Frances Terry are also employed at EpiVax, Inc. These authors acknowledge a potential conflict of interest and attest that the work contained in this report is free of any bias that might be associated with the commercial goals of the company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTA FT WDM ASDG SHG. Performed the experiments: SM BJL JD MTA FT. Analyzed the data: SM MTA FT SHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WDM ASDG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SM ASDG SHG.