About the Authors

Fiona J. McCallum

Affiliations The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Kristina E. M. Persson

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Cleopatra K. Mugyenyi

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, CGMRC/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Program, Kilifi, Kenya

Freya J. I. Fowkes

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Julie A. Simpson

Affiliation Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Jack S. Richards

Affiliations The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Thomas N. Williams

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, CGMRC/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Program, Kilifi, Kenya

Kevin Marsh

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, CGMRC/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Program, Kilifi, Kenya

James G. Beeson

beeson@wehi.edu.au

Affiliation The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJM KEP KM JGB. Performed the experiments: FJM KEP CKM JR. Analyzed the data: FJM CKM FJF JAS TNW JGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJM KEP CKM JR TNW KM JGB. Wrote the paper: FJM FJF JAS JGB.