About the Authors

Rami Sommerstein

Contributed equally to this work with: Rami Sommerstein, Lukas Flatz, Melissa M. Remy

Current Address: Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Lukas Flatz

Contributed equally to this work with: Rami Sommerstein, Lukas Flatz, Melissa M. Remy

Current Address: Institute of Immunobiology and Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Melissa M. Remy

Contributed equally to this work with: Rami Sommerstein, Lukas Flatz, Melissa M. Remy

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Pauline Malinge

Affiliation Novimmune SA, Plan-Les-Ouates, Switzerland

Giovanni Magistrelli

Affiliation Novimmune SA, Plan-Les-Ouates, Switzerland

Nicolas Fischer

Affiliation Novimmune SA, Plan-Les-Ouates, Switzerland

Mehmet Sahin

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Andreas Bergthaler

Current Address: CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Sebastien Igonet

Current Address: Calixar SAS, Lyon, France

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Département de Virologie, Unité de Virologie Structurale and CNRS UMR 3569 Virologie, Paris, France

Jan ter Meulen

Current Address: Immune Design, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Dorothée Rigo

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Paolo Meda

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Nadia Rabah

Affiliation AFMB, UMR7257 CNRS/Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Bruno Coutard

Affiliation AFMB, UMR7257 CNRS/Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Thomas A. Bowden

Affiliation Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Paul-Henri Lambert

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Claire-Anne Siegrist

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel D. Pinschewer

Daniel.Pinschewer@unibas.ch

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Vaccine Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Experimental Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LF, AB and DDP are shareholders and DDP also is a consultant to Hookipa Biotech AG commercializing arenavirus-based vector technology. LF, AB as well as DDP are listed as inventors on a related patent. PHL acts as a consultant and supervisory board member of Hookipa Biotech AG. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS LF MMR PMa GM NF AB JtM BC PMe PHL CAS DDP. Performed the experiments: RS LF MMR PMa MS NR AB DR. Analyzed the data: PMa GM NF AB DR PMe PHL CAS DDP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI JtM NR BC TAB. Wrote the paper: RS LF MMR DDP.