A chimeric haemagglutinin-based influenza split virion vaccine adjuvanted with AS03 induces protective stalk-reactive antibodies in mice.

"All the authors have declared that the following interests are relevant to the submitted work. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai holds several patents in the area of influenza virus vaccines. EB, BLI, NL and CPM are, or were at the time of the studies, employees of the GSK group of companies. BLI, NL and CPM own stock in GSK. BLI, NL and CPM are listed as an inventor on patents owned by the GSK group of companies."

"The authors thank Ulrike Krause (GSK Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium) for editorial assistance and coordinating the review of the manuscript. This work was partially supported by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA, HHSO100201500010C) and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA. Partial support was provided by NIH grants U19 AI109946 (PP and FK) and P01 AI097092 (PP and FK)."