About the Authors
- Gavin Band
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Quang Si Le
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Luke Jostins
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Matti Pirinen
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Katja Kivinen
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Muminatou Jallow
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia
- Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Kalifa Bojang
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Margaret Pinder
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- Giorgio Sirugo
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
- David J. Conway
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Affiliations Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Vysaul Nyirongo
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Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
- David Kachala
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Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
- Malcolm Molyneux
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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
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Affiliation Blantyre Malaria Project, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
- Carolyne Ndila
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Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Norbert Peshu
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Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Kevin Marsh
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Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Thomas N. Williams
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Affiliation KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
- Daniel Alcock
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Robert Andrews
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Sarah Edkins
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Emma Gray
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Christina Hubbart
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Anna Jeffreys
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Kate Rowlands
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Kathrin Schuldt
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Kirk A. Rockett
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Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jeffrey C. Barrett
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Chris C. A. Spencer
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* E-mail: chris.spencer@well.ox.ac.uk
Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Malaria Genomic Epidemiological Network ¶
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¶For information about the Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network (MalariaGEN) see www.malariagen.net.
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.