About the Authors

Pierre Druilhe

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: druilhe@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

François Spertini

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Daw Soesoe

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Giampietro Corradin

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland

Pedro Mejia

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Subhash Singh

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Regine Audran

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Ahmed Bouzidi

Affiliation Sedac Therapeutics, Lille, France

Claude Oeuvray

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Christian Roussilhon

Affiliation Biomedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Competing Interests

PD, DS, PM, SS, CO, and CR are affiliated with the Pasteur Institute, which holds a patent on merozoite surface protein 3.

Author Contributions

PD designed the study. DS, GC, PM, SS, and RA performed the biological experiments. PD, SS, RA, and CR analyzed the data. FS organized the clinical trial. AB and CO produced the vaccine. PD wrote the paper.