About the Authors

Matteo M. E. Metruccio

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Eva Pigozzi

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Davide Roncarati

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Francesco Berlanda Scorza

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Nathalie Norais

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Stuart A. Hill

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

Vincenzo Scarlato

Affiliations Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy, Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Isabel Delany

isabel.delany@novartis.com

Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMEM VS ID. Performed the experiments: MMEM EP DR FBS NN ID. Analyzed the data: NN VS ID. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAH. Wrote the paper: ID.