About the Authors

Monique van Velzen

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Lichen Jing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Alessandro Sette

Affiliation La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David M. Koelle

Contributed equally to this work with: David M. Koelle, Georges M. G. M. Verjans

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Georges M. G. M. Verjans

Contributed equally to this work with: David M. Koelle, Georges M. G. M. Verjans

g.verjans@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. DMK and LJ are co-inventors on patent applications filed by the University of Washington on the topic of HSV vaccines. This, however, does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMK GMGMV. Performed the experiments: MvV LJ GMGMV. Analyzed the data: MvV LJ DMK GMGMV AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: MvV ADMEO DMK GMGMV.