A panel of correlates predicts vaccine-induced protection of rats against respiratory challenge with virulent Francisella tularensis

• Roberto De Pascalis ,

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

  * E-mail: roberto.depascalis@fda.hhs.gov (RDP); karen.elkins@fda.hhs.gov (KLE)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9663-7756

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• Andrew Hahn,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Immunity, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Helen M. Brook,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9367-1046

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• Patrik Ryden,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Nathaniel Donart,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease and Immunity, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2596-6832

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• Lara Mittereder,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3558-0140

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• Blake Frey,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  Affiliation Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3003-6904

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• Terry H. Wu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease and Immunity, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-1349

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• Karen L. Elkins

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: roberto.depascalis@fda.hhs.gov (RDP); karen.elkins@fda.hhs.gov (KLE)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Mucosal Pathogens and Cellular Immunology, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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