About the Authors

Sophie Roetynck

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Ally Olotu

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya

Joan Simam

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya

Kevin Marsh

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Brigitta Stockinger

Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Britta Urban

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jean Langhorne

jlangho@nimr.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Reviewed the manuscript: JL BU BS KM. Conceived and designed the experiments: SR JL BS BU. Performed the experiments: SR. Analyzed the data: SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO JS. Wrote the paper: SR.