About the Authors

Peter C Bull

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pbull@kilifi.mimcom.net

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , Wellcome Trust/Kenya Medical Research Institute Collaborative Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Matthew Berriman

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Berriman, Sue Kyes

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Sue Kyes

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Berriman, Sue Kyes

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Michael A Quail

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Neil Hall

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Moses M Kortok

Affiliation Wellcome Trust/Kenya Medical Research Institute Collaborative Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Kevin Marsh

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom , Wellcome Trust/Kenya Medical Research Institute Collaborative Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Chris I Newbold

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PCB, SK, KM, and CIN conceived and designed the study. PCB, SK, MB, MMK and MAQ performed the experiments. MB provided overall management of DNA sequencing. MAQ managed the DBL libraries and ensured clones from each library were made available for sequencing. NH managed sample processing and DNA sequencing. PCB analyzed the data and wrote the paper. MB, SK, KM, and CIN revised drafts of the paper.