About the Authors

Moses R Kamya

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mkamya@infocom.co.ug

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Adoke Yeka

Affiliation Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project, Kampala, Uganda

Hasifa Bukirwa

Affiliation Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project, Kampala, Uganda

Myers Lugemwa

Affiliation Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

John B Rwakimari

Affiliation Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Sarah G Staedke

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ambrose O Talisuna

Affiliation Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Bryan Greenhouse

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

François Nosten

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Philip J Rosenthal

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Fred Wabwire-Mangen

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Grant Dorsey

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

All authors contributed to the design of the study and assisted with interpretation of the data and preparation of the manuscript. AY, HB, and MRK directed the clinical study. HB and GD verified and analyzed the data. MRK led manuscript preparation, with principal assistance from AY and GD. BG and GD were involved in designing, performing, and interpreting the genotyping results which determined one of the main outcomes of the trial.