About the Authors

Robert E Sinden

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: r.sinden@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Emma J Dawes

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Yasmene Alavi

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Joanna Waldock

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Olivia Finney

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Jacqui Mendoza

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Geoff A Butcher

Affiliation Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Laura Andrews

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Adrian V Hill

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Sarah C Gilbert

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

María-Gloria Basáñez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RES conceived the study. YA, JW, OF, JM, and GAB performed the parasitology experiments. LA, SG, and AH designed and performed the sporozoite PCR studies. EJD and M-GB conducted the statistical modelling. RES, EJD, and M-GB wrote the paper.