About the Authors

Fabiano Oliveira

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiano Oliveira, Seydou Doumbia

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Seydou Doumbia

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiano Oliveira, Seydou Doumbia

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Jennifer M. Anderson

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Ousmane Faye

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Souleymane S. Diarra

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Pierre Traoré

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Moumine Cisse

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Guimba Camara

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Koureissi Tall

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Cheick A. Coulibaly

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Sibiry Samake

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Ibrahim Sissoko

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Bourama Traoré

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Daouda Diallo

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Somita Keita

Affiliation Centre National d'Appui à la Lutte contre la Maladie, Bamako, Mali

Rick M. Fairhurst

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jesus G. Valenzuela

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Shaden Kamhawi

skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FO SD JMA OF PT SK RMF JGV SK. Performed the experiments: FO SD JMA OF SSD PT MC GC KT CAC SS IS BT DD SK RMF JGV SK. Analyzed the data: FO SD JMA RMF JGV SK. Wrote the paper: FO SD JMA RMF JGV SK.