About the Authors

Gavin Band

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

Quang Si Le

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

Luke Jostins

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Matti Pirinen

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

Katja Kivinen

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Muminatou Jallow

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia

Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Kalifa Bojang

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Margaret Pinder

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

Giorgio Sirugo

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia

David J. Conway

Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Vysaul Nyirongo

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

David Kachala

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Malcolm Molyneux

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Terrie Taylor

Affiliation Blantyre Malaria Project, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Carolyne Ndila

Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Norbert Peshu

Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Kevin Marsh

Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Thomas N. Williams

Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Daniel Alcock

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Robert Andrews

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sarah Edkins

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Emma Gray

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christina Hubbart

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

Anna Jeffreys

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

Kate Rowlands

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

Kathrin Schuldt

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Taane G. Clark

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Kerrin S. Small

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Yik Ying Teo

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kirk A. Rockett

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jeffrey C. Barrett

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chris C. A. Spencer

chris.spencer@well.ox.ac.uk

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

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Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCA Spencer, JC Barrett, KA Rockett, DP Kwiatowski. Performed the experiments: KA Rockett, K Kivinen, M Jallow, F Sisay-Joof, K Bojang, M Pinder, G Sirugo, V Nyirongo, D Kachala, C Ndila, N Peshu, D Alcock, R Andrews, S Edkins, E Gray, C Hubbart, A Jeffreys, K Rowlands, K Schuldt. Analyzed the data: G Band, QS Le, L Jostins, JC Barrett, KA Rockett, KS Small, TG Clark, YY Teo, CCA Spencer. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M Pirinen, DJ Conway, M Molyneux, T Taylor, K Marsh, TN Williams. Wrote the paper: CCA Spencer, G Band, QS Le, M Pirinen, JC Barrett, L Jostins, KA Rockett, DP Kwiatowski. Project support: MalariaGEN.