About the Authors

Shannon L Takala

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Drissa Coulibaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Mahamadou A Thera

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Alassane Dicko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

David L Smith

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ando B Guindo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Abdoulaye K Kone

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Karim Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Amed Ouattara

Affiliations Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Abdoulaye A Djimde

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Paul S Sehdev

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kirsten E Lyke

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dapa A Diallo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Ogobara K Doumbo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Christopher V Plowe

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cplowe@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SLT designed the genotyping methods, carried out the genotyping, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper. DC was the field team leader and a clinical investigator for this study. DC also enrolled patients and contributed to writing the paper. MAT, AD, ABG, AKK, KT, AO, PSS, KEL, DAD, and OKD designed and conducted the malaria incidence study. DLS designed the haplotype estimating algorithm. AAD contributed to writing the paper. CVP designed the malaria incidence study and assisted with analyzing the data and writing the paper.