About the Authors
- Walter Jaoko
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya
- Etienne Karita
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Rwanda-Zambia HIV Research Project, Kigali, Rwanda
- Kayitesi Kayitenkore
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Current address: WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative (HVI), Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR), World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Rwanda-Zambia HIV Research Project, Kigali, Rwanda
- Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya
- Susan Allen
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Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Soe Than
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Current address: Pfizer Inc., New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Elizabeth M. Adams
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Affiliation Vaccine Clinical Research Branch (VCRB), Vaccine Research Program (VRP)/Division of AIDS (DAIDS)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Barney S. Graham
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Richard A. Koup
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert T. Bailer
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Carol Smith
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Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Len Dally
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Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Bashir Farah
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya
- Omu Anzala
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya
- Claude M. Muvunyi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Current address: Department of Clinical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Rwanda-Zambia HIV Research Project, Kigali, Rwanda
- Jean Bizimana
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Rwanda-Zambia HIV Research Project, Kigali, Rwanda
- Tony Tarragona-Fiol
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Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Philip J. Bergin
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Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Peter Hayes
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Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Martin Ho
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Current address: Division of Biostatistics, Office of Surveillance and Biometrics, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Kelley Loughran
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Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Wendy Komaroff
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Gwynneth Stevens
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Helen Thomson
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Mark J. Boaz
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Current address: Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Josephine H. Cox
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Claudia Schmidt
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Jill Gilmour
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Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- Gary J. Nabel
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Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Patricia Fast
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* E-mail: pfast@iavi.org
Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America
- Job Bwayo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Walter Jaoko, Etienne Karita, Kayitesi Kayitenkore, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi, Bashir Farah, Omu Anzala, Claude M. Muvunyi, Jean Bizimana, Job Bwayo
† Deceased.
Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya
Competing Interests
IAVI is a non-profit organization. None of the co-authors affiliated with IAVI reports any competing interest, that might interfere with the objective assessment of this manuscript or with the ability to adhere to all PloS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Gary J. Nabel is named on patent applications for the DNA and adenovirus vector components of this vaccine concept (patents # E-173-2004/0-US-01, E-355-2003/0-US-01, and E-267-2004/0). This does not alter the author's ability to adhere to all PloS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the co-authors employed by government agencies declares any competing interest that might interfere with the objective assessment of this manuscript or with the ability to adhere to all PloS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Affiliations of Carol Smith, Len Dally, Martin Ho, Kelley Loughran, Mark Boaz and Soe Than do not alter the authors' ability to adhere to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Drs. Than and Boaz report no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ST BSG JG GJN PF. Performed the experiments: WJ EK KK GSOM BF OA CMM JB TTF PJB PH GS JC. Analyzed the data: BSG RAK RTB CS LD MH MB JC JG PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAK RTB JG GJN. Wrote the paper: BSG CS LD MB JC CS PF. Director of the Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group: SAA. Medical monitoring: EA. Data manager: KL. Project Manager: WK. Director of African Laboratory Operations: GS. African Clinical Program Manager: HT. Principal Investigator at KAVI: JJB.