About the Authors

Lauren M. Hook

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

lhook@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tina M. Cairns

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sita Awasthi

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kevin P. Egan

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Manaswini Gopalakrishnan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Zauraiz Syeda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Norbert Pardi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tomas Bergstrom

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Gary H. Cohen

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Harvey M. Friedman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: in accordance with the University of Pennsylvania policies and procedures and our ethical obligations as researchers, we report that H.M.F., S.A., L.M.H., T.M.C., K.P.E., and G.H.C. are named on patents or patent applications that describe the use of multiple subunit glycoprotein antigens for HSV vaccines. N.P. is named on a patent describing the use of nucleoside-modified mRNA in LNP as a vaccine platform. We have disclosed these interests fully to the University of Pennsylvania, and we have in place an approved plan for managing any potential conflicts arising from the licensing of our patents.