About the Authors
- Verena Ilona Carrara
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Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Departments of Medical Entomology, Tropical Hygiene and Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Supakit Sirilak
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Affiliation Public Health Office, Tak, Thailand
- Janjira Thonglairuam
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Affiliation Public Health Office, Tak, Thailand
- Chaiporn Rojanawatsirivet
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Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Stephane Proux
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Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand
- Valery Gilbos
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Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand
- Al Brockman
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Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Elizabeth A Ashley
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Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Rose McGready
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Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Srivicha Krudsood
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Somjai Leemingsawat
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Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sornchai Looareesuwan
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Affiliation Departments of Medical Entomology, Tropical Hygiene and Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Pratap Singhasivanon
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Affiliation Departments of Medical Entomology, Tropical Hygiene and Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Nicholas White
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Affiliations Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- François Nosten
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: SMRU@tropmedres.ac
Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Tak, Thailand, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
NW is chairman of the World Health Organization malaria treatment guidelines committee and is on the editorial board of PLoS Medicine. The authors have no other conflict of interest to declare.
Author Contributions
S. Sirilak, P. Singhasivanon, N. White, and F. Nosten conceptualized and designed the project. V. I. Carrara coordinated the cross-sectional surveys, interpreted the results of all study components, and drafted the manuscript, with F. Nosten. J. Thonglairuam managed the data entry of the public health data and conducted preliminary results of morbidity and mortality. A. Brockman coordinated and analysed the in vitro studies, E. A. Ashley the in vivo studies, and R. McGready the studies related to pregnant women. S. Proux supervised and controlled the quality of all laboratory results. V. Gilbos developed and supervised the Information Education Communication programme. C. Rojanawatsirivet, S. Krudsood, S. Leemingsawat, and S. Looareesuwan coordinated and analysed part of the entomological data. All authors revised the manuscript for intellectual content.