About the Authors
- Mariaelena Caboni
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Current address: Novartis Vaccines, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
- Thierry Pédron
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, INSERM U1202, Paris, France
- Omar Rossi
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
- David Goulding
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Derek Pickard
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Francesco Citiulo
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
- Calman A. MacLennan
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
- Gordon Dougan
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Nicholas R. Thomson
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Allan Saul
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
- Philippe J. Sansonetti
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Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, INSERM U1202, Paris, France, Collège de France, Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Paris, France
- Christiane Gerke
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* E-mail: christiane.gerke@novartis.com
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Via Fiorentina, Italy
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CAM, AS, and CG are employees of Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MC TP AS PJS CG. Performed the experiments: MC TP OR DG DP FC PJS CG. Analyzed the data: MC TP OR DG FC NRT AS PJS CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TP DG DP CAM GD NRT PJS. Wrote the paper: MC AS CG.