Protection induced by a Francisella tularensis subunit vaccine delivered by glucan particles

Adam O. Whelan; Helen C. Flick-Smith; Jane Homan; Zu T. Shen; Zoe Carpenter; Payam Khoshkenar; Ambily Abraham; Nicola J. Walker; Stuart M. Levitz; Gary R. Ostroff; Petra C. F. Oyston

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200213

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Protection induced by a Francisella tularensis subunit vaccine delivered by glucan particles

Adam O. Whelan ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: aowhelan@dstl.gov.uk

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1027-9538

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Helen C. Flick-Smith,

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

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Jane Homan,

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

Affiliation ioGenetics LLC, Madison, WI, United States of America
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Zu T. Shen,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Zoe Carpenter,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Payam Khoshkenar,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ambily Abraham,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nicola J. Walker,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Stuart M. Levitz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gary R. Ostroff,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Petra C. F. Oyston

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

Affiliation CBR Division, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
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Protection induced by a Francisella tularensis subunit vaccine delivered by glucan particles

Adam O. Whelan,
Helen C. Flick-Smith,
Jane Homan,
Zu T. Shen,
Zoe Carpenter,
Payam Khoshkenar,
Ambily Abraham,
Nicola J. Walker,
Stuart M. Levitz,
Gary R. Ostroff

Published: October 8, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200213

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