About the Authors
- Michael Walther
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* E-mail: Michael.Walther@nih.gov
Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Adam De Caul
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Peter Aka
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Madi Njie
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Brigitte Walther
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Irene M. Predazzi
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Affiliation Vanderbilt Medical Center, Division of Human Genomics and Center for Human Genetics Research, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Aubrey Cunnington
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Susanne Deininger
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Ebako N. Takem
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Augustine Ebonyi
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia
- Sebastian Weis
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Robert Walton
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, Institute of Health Sciences Education, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom
- Sarah Rowland-Jones
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Giorgio Sirugo
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Affiliation Centro di Genetica, Centro di Ricerca Scientifica, Ospedale San Pietro FBF, Rome, Italy
- Scott M. Williams
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Affiliation Vanderbilt Medical Center, Division of Human Genomics and Center for Human Genetics Research, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- David J. Conway
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, Gambia, Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Walther, A. DeCaul, P. Aka, A. Amambua-Ngwa, I. M. Predazzi, A. Cunnington, S. Deininger, S. Weis, R. Walton, S. Rowland-Jones, G. Sirugo, S. M. Williams, D. J. Conway. Performed the experiments: M. Walther, A. DeCaul, M. Njie, A. Cunnington, I. M. Predazzi, S. Deininger, E. N. Takem, A. Ebonyi. Analyzed the data: M. Walther, A. DeCaul, B. Walther, I. M. Predazzi, S. Deininger, D. J. Conway. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: R. Walton, S. Williams, G. Sirugo. Wrote the paper: M. Walther, A. DeCaul, A. Cunnington, G. Sirugo, S. Williams, D. J. Conway.