About the Authors

Walter Jaoko

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

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

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

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

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Soe Than

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

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

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Richard A. Koup

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert T. Bailer

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Carol Smith

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Len Dally

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Bashir Farah

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

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

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

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

Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Philip J. Bergin

Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Peter Hayes

Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Martin Ho

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

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Wendy Komaroff

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Gwynneth Stevens

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Helen Thomson

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Mark J. Boaz

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

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Claudia Schmidt

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Jill Gilmour

Affiliation IAVI Human Immunology Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Gary J. Nabel

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center (VRC)/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Patricia Fast

pfast@iavi.org

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Job Bwayo

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.