About the Authors
- Andrea G. O. Manetti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea G. O. Manetti, Thomas Köller, Marco Becherelli
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Thomas Köller
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Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea G. O. Manetti, Thomas Köller, Marco Becherelli
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Rostock, Germany
- Marco Becherelli
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Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea G. O. Manetti, Thomas Köller, Marco Becherelli
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Scilla Buccato
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Bernd Kreikemeyer
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Rostock, Germany
- Andreas Podbielski
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Rostock, Germany
- Guido Grandi
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Immaculada Margarit
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* E-mail: immaculada.margarit_y_ros@novartis.com
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
Competing Interests
I.M., G.G., A.M., and S.B. are employed by the company that funded the work. G.G. and I.M. are holders of company stock options. These conflicts do not alter the authors' adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in the authors' guide. All other authors report no potential conflicts.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AGOM TK MB SB BK AP GG IM. Performed the experiments: AGOM TK MB SB. Analyzed the data: AGOM TK MB SB BK AP GG IM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGOM TK. Wrote the paper: AGOM IM.