About the Authors

Naomi W. Lucchi

Affiliations Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mitra Poorak

Affiliations Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jenna Oberstaller

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Jeremy DeBarry

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ganesh Srinivasamoorthy

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ira Goldman

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maniphet Xayavong

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alexandre J. da Silva

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David S. Peterson

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica Kissinger

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

vxu0@cdc.gov

Affiliations Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NWL JO JD IG DSP JK VU. Performed the experiments: NWL MP JO JD GS IG. Analyzed the data: NWL JO JD GS JK VU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MX AJdS JWB JK VU. Wrote the paper: NWL JO JD GS IG AJdS DSP JWB JK VU.