About the Authors

Corinne Cayatte

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

cayattec@medimmune.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Angie Snell Bennett

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Gaurav Manohar Rajani

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Leigh Hostetler

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Resources, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Sean K. Maynard

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Michelle Lazzaro

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Patrick McTamney

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Kuishu Ren

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Terrence O’Day

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Statistical Sciences, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Michael P. McCarthy

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Kirsten Schneider-Ohrum

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Current address: Discovery Performance Unit, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors were MedImmune employees when the work was performed. The authors have no conflict of interest to declare, and their MedImmune affiliation did not affect the outcome or the results of the study. This does not alter the adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.