About the Authors

Jyotsna Shah

jyotsna@aol.com

Affiliations ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America, IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Olivia Mark

Affiliations ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America, IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Helena Weltman

Affiliations ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America, IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Nicolas Barcelo

Affiliation ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Wai Lo

Affiliation IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Danuta Wronska

Current address: bioMérieux, Inc, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Srinivas Kakkilaya

Affiliation Nova Meditech Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore, India

Aravinda Rao

Affiliation Nova Meditech Pvt. Ltd., Mangalore, India

Shalia T. Bhat

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India

Ruchi Sinha

Current address: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India

Sabah Omar

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter O’bare

† Deceased.

Affiliation Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Manuel Moro

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert H. Gilman

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nick Harris

Affiliations ID-FISH Technology Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America, IGeneX Inc. Palo Alto, California, United States of America,

Competing Interests

JS, OM, HW, DW and NH are authors on patents listed below. JS and NH have stocks in ID-FISH andIGeneX. HW and DW were employees and OM is an employee of IGeneX and ID-FISH. They do not have any stock in these companies. AR and SK are employees of and have financial interest in Nova Meditech Pvt. Ltd. This study was supported by NIH SBIR Phase I and Phase II Grants # A1056785. 1. NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PLASMODIUM PARASITES Nick S. Harris, Monterey, California (United States); Suzanne Scherini-Ward, Santa Clara, California (United States); Olivia Mark, San Jose, California (United States); Jyotsna S. Shah, Santa Clara, California (United States); Helena Weltman Los Altos, California (United States); Danuta Wronska Raleigh, North Carolina (United States). Patent Number: US 007,927,801; Issue Date: 4/19/2011. 2. NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PLASMODIUM PARASITES (54) (75) Inventors: Jyotsna S. Shah, Santa Clara, California (United States); Danuta Wronska, Raleigh, North Carolina (United States); Helena Weltman, Los Altos, California (United States); Nick S. Harris, Monterey, California (United States); Suzanne Scherini-Ward, Santa Clara, California (United States); Oliva Mark, San Jose, California. Patent Number: US 008,323,901; Issue Date: 12/4/2012. 3. NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PLASMODIUM PARASITES (54) (75) Inventors: Jyotsna S. Shah, Santa Clara, California (United States); Danuta Wronska, Raleigh, North Carolina (United States); Helena Weltman, Los Altos, California (United States); Nick S. Harris, Monterey, California (United States); Suzanne Scherini-Ward, Santa Clara, California (United States); Oliva Mark, San Jose, California. Patent Number: US 008592568B2; Issue Date: 11/26/2013. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in our guide for authors http://www.PLOSone.org/static/editorial.action#competing.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS OM NB HW DW SK AR SO RG NH. Performed the experiments: JS OM HW NB WL DW SK AR SB RS SO PO MM. Analyzed the data: JS OM NB HW SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS WL SB SO NH. Wrote the paper: JS OM NB HW SK DW.