About the Authors

Daniele Veggi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Federica Bianchi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

Laura Santini

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Paola Lo Surdo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Chelsy C. Chesterman

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Werner Pansegrau

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Nicoletta Bechi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Ying Huang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation GSK, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Vega Masignani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Mariagrazia Pizza

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Rino Rappuoli

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Matthew J. Bottomley

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Rockville, MD, United States of America

Roberta Cozzi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

roberta.x.cozzi@gsk.com (RC); domenico.x.maione@gsk.com (DM)

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Domenico Maione

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

roberta.x.cozzi@gsk.com (RC); domenico.x.maione@gsk.com (DM)

Affiliation GSK, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors except Federica Bianchi were permanent employees of Novartis Vaccines at the time of the study and are now permanent employees of the GSK group of companies. Several authors are listed as inventors on patents owned by the GSK group of companies.