About the Authors

Kathryn E. Stephenson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael C. Keefer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Catherine A. Bunce

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Doreen Frances

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Peter Abbink

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lori F. Maxfield

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

George H. Neubauer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph Nkolola

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lauren Peter

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher Lane

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Harriet Park

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Carl Verlinde

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Angela Lombardo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Christopher Yallop

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Batavia Biosciences B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands

Menzo Havenga

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Batavia Biosciences B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands

Patricia Fast

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

John Treanor

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Dan H. Barouch

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors Christopher Yallop and Menzo Havenga are employees of Batavia Biosciences B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands. This employment does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.