About the Authors

Katherine L. Williams

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Soila Sukupolvi-Petty

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Martina Beltramello

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Syd Johnson

Affiliation Macrogenics, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Federica Sallusto

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Antonio Lanzavecchia

Affiliation Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Michael S. Diamond

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Eva Harris

eharris@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

MSD is a paid consultant for MacroGenics. Syd Johnson is a paid employee of MacroGenics. MacroGenics has licensed several antibodies for possible commercial development from Washington University, including some of those described in this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLW MSD EH. Performed the experiments: KLW. Analyzed the data: KLW MSD EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSP MB FS AL SJ MSD EH. Wrote the paper: KLW MSD EH.