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Article History
Received: 1 September 2020
Accepted: 24 February 2021
First Online: 15 April 2021
Competing interests
: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Potential competing interests: Co-authors M.A.A. and L.P. are employed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), sponsor of the clinical trials described in this manuscript. All authors are recipients of NIAID funding, and this publication is a result of activities funded by the NIAID. M.A. and L.P. are not involved with the process of funding these awards nor in their administration of scientific aspects and, in accordance with NIAID policies, are deferred from decisions regarding the funding of coauthors for a requisite period. Co-author HLR is a co-founder and employee of GeoVax Lab, Inc. and owns stocks in GeoVax Lab, Inc, and is an inventor on U.S. Patents 7,795,017, 8,623,379, 7,867,982, and 9,453,239 addressing D.N.A. and M.V.A. immunogens being developed for a Clade B HIV vaccine. Co-authors K.E.S., A.D., X.H., S.S.L., A.C., J.H., A.D., X.S., S.S., N.L.Y., P.S., G.C., P.A.G., J.M., G.G., G.P., S.G., A.K.R., Y.H., C.M., N.G., S.K., P.B.G., M.J.M., Y.H., and G.D.T. declare that there are no competing interests.