About the Authors

Ryan C. Smith
Abraham G. Eappen

Current address: Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America.

Andrea J. Radtke
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena

mlorena@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Abraham G. Eappen is currently employed by Sanaria Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCS AGE MJL. Performed the experiments: RCS AGE AJR. Analyzed the data: RCS AGE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCS AGE AJR. Wrote the paper: RCS MJL.