About the Authors

David I. Stern

david.stern@anu.edu.au

Affiliation Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Peter W. Gething

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Caroline W. Kabaria

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya

William H. Temperley

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Abdisalan M. Noor

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya

Emelda A. Okiro

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya

G. Dennis Shanks

Affiliation Australian Army Malaria Institute, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia

Robert W. Snow

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya

Simon I. Hay

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS SH. Analyzed the data: DS PG AN EO RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG AN EO RS GDS CK WT. Wrote the paper: DS SH PG AN EO RS WT GDS CK.