About the Authors

Simon P. Jochems

simon.jochems@lstmed.ac.uk (SPJ); Daniela.ferreira@lstmed.ac.uk (DMF)

Affiliation Department of Clinicial Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jeffrey N. Weiser

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Richard Malley

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children′s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Daniela M. Ferreira

simon.jochems@lstmed.ac.uk (SPJ); Daniela.ferreira@lstmed.ac.uk (DMF)

Affiliation Department of Clinicial Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal′s policy and have the following conflicts: RM is a named inventor on filed patents related to vaccine technologies and is a scientific founder, consultant, and equity owner at Affinivax, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA that is devoted to the development of vaccines for developing and developed countries. RM is also a paid consultant to Merck & Co. in the area of adult immunizations. JNW receives royalties for a pneumococcal vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Co. JNW has a financial interest in Merck & Co., which produces a pneumococcal vaccine.