About the Authors
- Alex J. Mann
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* E-mail: a.mann@retroscreen.com
Affiliation Retroscreen Virology, London, United Kingdom
- Nicolas Noulin
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Affiliation Retroscreen Virology, London, United Kingdom
- Andrew Catchpole
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Affiliation Retroscreen Virology, London, United Kingdom
- Koert J. Stittelaar
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Affiliation Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Leon de Waal
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Affiliation Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Edwin J. B. Veldhuis Kroeze
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Affiliation Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Michael Hinchcliffe
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Current address: Paracelsis Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Affiliation Archimedes Development Limited, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Alan Smith
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Affiliation Archimedes Development Limited, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Emanuele Montomoli
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Affiliations University of Siena, Siena, Italy, VisMederi LifeSciences, srl, Siena, Italy
- Simona Piccirella
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Affiliation VisMederi LifeSciences, srl, Siena, Italy
- Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
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Affiliations Viroclinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Alastair Knight
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Affiliation Evicom, Teddington, United Kingdom
- John S. Oxford
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Affiliation Retroscreen Virology, London, United Kingdom
- Giulia Lapini
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Affiliation University of Siena, Siena, Italy
- Rebecca Cox
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Affiliations Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Research and Development, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Rob Lambkin-Williams
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Affiliation Retroscreen Virology, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
At the time of the study: AJM, NN, AC, RLW were employees of Retroscreen Virology Ltd. JSO was President, Scientific Director of Retroscreen Virology Ltd. and an employee of Queen Mary College, London. MH and AS were employees of Archimedes Development Limited. KJS, EJBVK, LdW, GvA and ADMEO were employees of ViroClinics Biosciences BV. ADMEO was chief scientific officer of ViroClinics Biosciences BV. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Additionally as requested by the journal the authors request to also add the following conflicts that applied at the time of the study: AK was an employee of Evicom, Teddington, United Kingdom. Again, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AJM RLW AC KJS ADMEO MH AS. Performed the experiments: KJS LdW EJBVK GL SP EM. Analyzed the data: AJM AK NN KJS LdW EJBVK ADMEO RLW. Wrote the paper: AJM RLW JSO. Immunology work package leader for FP7 grant: RC. Manufacture and supply of vaccines: MH AS.