About the Authors

Grant L. Hughes

Affiliations The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ryuichi Koga

Affiliation National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

Ping Xue

Affiliations The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Takema Fukatsu

Affiliation National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

Jason L. Rasgon

jrasgon@jhsph.edu

Affiliations The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GLH JLR. Performed the experiments: GLH RK PX. Analyzed the data: GLH RK TF JLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLH RK TF JLR. Wrote the paper: GLH RK TF JLR.