About the Authors
- Francesca Necchi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Necchi, Vincenzo Nardi-Dei
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Vincenzo Nardi-Dei
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Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Necchi, Vincenzo Nardi-Dei
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Massimiliano Biagini
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Michael Assfalg
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Annalisa Nuccitelli
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Roberta Cozzi
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Nathalie Norais
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- John L. Telford
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- C. Daniela Rinaudo
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Guido Grandi
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Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Domenico Maione
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* E-mail: domenico.maione@novartis.com
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Francesca Necchi, Vincenzo Nardi-Dei, Massimiliano Biagini, Annalisa Nuccitelli, Roberta Cozzi, Nathalie Norais, John L. Telford, C. Daniela Rinaudo, Guido Grandi and Domenico Maione are employees of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FN VND JLT GG DM. Performed the experiments: FN VND MB MA AN RC. Analyzed the data: FN VND MA RC NN JLT CDR GG DM. Wrote the paper: FN VND NN CDR GG DM.