About the Authors
- Sasmita Mishra
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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
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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
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Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Matt T. Ardito
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Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Frances Terry
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Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- William D. Martin
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Affiliation EpiVax, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Anne S. De Groot
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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
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* E-mail: 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.