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About the Authors
- Fabiana Spensieri
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiana Spensieri, Emilio Siena
Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Emilio Siena
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiana Spensieri, Emilio Siena
Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Erica Borgogni
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Luisanna Zedda
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Rocco Cantisani
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Current address: Laboratory of Immunohematology, University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Nico Chiappini
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Francesca Schiavetti
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Domenico Rosa
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Flora Castellino
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Current address: Center for Human Immunology, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Emanuele Montomoli
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Affiliation Departement of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, & VisMederi S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Caroline L. Bodinham
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Affiliation Surrey Clinical Research Center, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- David J. Lewis
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Affiliation Surrey Clinical Research Center, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Duccio Medini
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Sylvie Bertholet
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* E-mail: sylvie.c.bertholet-girardin@gsk.com
Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Giuseppe Del Giudice
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Competing Interests
FSp, ES, EB, LZ, RC, NC, FSc, DR, FC, DM, SB, and GDG were employee of Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.r.l. at the time of the study. FSp, ES, EB, LZ, NC, FSc, DR, DM, SB, and GDG are now employee of GSK Vaccines S.r.l. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: F Spensieri FC EM. Performed the experiments: F Spensieri EB LZ F Schiavetti RC NC DR. Analyzed the data: F Spensieri EB ES DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM. Wrote the paper: F Spensieri ES SB DL GDG. Designed and conducted the clinical trial: DL CLB.