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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Protective immunity by an engineered DNA vaccine for Mayaro virus
Protective immunity by an engineered DNA vaccine for Mayaro virus
- Hyeree Choi,
- Sagar B. Kudchodkar,
- Emma L. Reuschel,
- Kanika Asija,
- Piyush Borole,
- Michelle Ho,
- Krzysztof Wojtak,
- Charles Reed,
- Stephanie Ramos,
- Nathen E. Bopp
- Published: February 7, 2019
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007042
About the Authors
- Hyeree Choi
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Sagar B. Kudchodkar
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Emma L. Reuschel
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Kanika Asija
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Roles Data curation, Investigation
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Piyush Borole
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Michelle Ho
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Krzysztof Wojtak
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Charles Reed
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization
Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, United States of America
- Stephanie Ramos
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Roles Resources
Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, United States of America
- Nathen E. Bopp
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America
- Patricia V. Aguilar
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Roles Resources
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America
- Scott C. Weaver
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Roles Resources
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America
- J. Joseph Kim
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Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, United States of America
- Laurent Humeau
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Roles Resources
Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, PA, United States of America
- Pablo Tebas
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Roles Resources
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- David B. Weiner
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Kar Muthumani
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: kmuthumani@wistar.org
Affiliation Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
Competing Interests
CCR, SR, LH, and JJK are employees of Inovio Pharmaceuticals and as such receive salary and benefits, including ownership of stock and stock options. KM discloses grant funding, industry collaborations, speaking honoraria, and fees for consulting. He has received consulting fees from Inovio Pharmaceuticals related to DNA vaccine development. He has a patent application for DNA vaccine development and delivery of DNA encoded monoclonal antibodies pending to Inovio Pharmaceuticals. Remuneration includes direct payments. DBW is the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Professor in Cancer Research at the Wistar Institute. DBW discloses grant funding, SAB and Board service, industry collaborations, speaking honoraria, and fees for consulting. His service includes serving on scientific review committees and advisory boards. Remuneration includes direct payments and/or stock or stock options. He notes potential conflicts associated with this work with Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Merck, VGXI, Geneos, Astrazeneca and potentially others. Licensing of technology from this laboratory has created over 150 jobs in the biotech/pharma industry. The other authors declare no competing financial interests.