About the Authors

Andrezza C. Chagas

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Peter McPhie

Affiliation Physical and Biochemistry Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hong San

Affiliation Animal Surgery and Resources Core, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David Narum

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Karine Reiter

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Fuyuki Tokomasu

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Fabio A. Brayner

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães (CPqAM/FIOCRUZ) and Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Luiz C. Alves

Affiliation Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães (CPqAM/FIOCRUZ) and Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

José M. C. Ribeiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Eric Calvo

ecalvo@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC JMCR. Performed the experiments: ACC PM HS KR FT FAB LCA EC. Analyzed the data: ACC PM DN JMCR. Wrote the paper: EC JMCR.