About the Authors

Laura R. Kuck

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura R. Kuck, Michelle Sorensen

Affiliation InDevR Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Michelle Sorensen

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura R. Kuck, Michelle Sorensen

Affiliation Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

Erin Matthews

Affiliation Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

Indresh Srivastava

isrivastava@proteinsciences.com (IS); rowlen@indevr.com (KR)

Affiliation Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

Manon M. J. Cox

Affiliation Protein Sciences Corporation, Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

Kathy L. Rowlen

isrivastava@proteinsciences.com (IS); rowlen@indevr.com (KR)

Affiliation InDevR Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Coauthors Laura R. Kuck and Kathy L. Rowlen are employed by InDevR Inc. Coauthors Michelle Sorensen, Erin Matthews, Indresh Srivastava, and Manon M. J. Cox are employed by Protein Sciences Corporation. InDevR developed Flu-ToC and intends to manufacture and distribute it as a product. There are patents pending. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LK KR MS. Performed the experiments: LK MS. Analyzed the data: LK MS EM KR IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LK KR MS IS MC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KR LK MS IS MC.