HSV-2 gC2 mRNA immunization in mice protects by producing antibodies that bind immune evasion epitopes

• Lauren M. Hook ,

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

  * E-mail: lhook@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-2459

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Tomas Bergstrom,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• 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

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• 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

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