About the Authors
- Shannon L Takala
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Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Drissa Coulibaly
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Mahamadou A Thera
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Alassane Dicko
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- David L Smith
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Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Ando B Guindo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Abdoulaye K Kone
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Karim Traore
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Amed Ouattara
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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
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Paul S Sehdev
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Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Kirsten E Lyke
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Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Dapa A Diallo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Ogobara K Doumbo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Christopher V Plowe
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*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.