About the Authors

M. Andreína Pacheco

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (igem), Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary Lopez-Perez

Affiliation Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia

Andrés F. Vallejo

Affiliation Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia

Sócrates Herrera

Affiliation Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia

Myriam Arévalo-Herrera

Affiliations Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia, Faculty of Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Ananias A. Escalante

Ananias.Escalante@temple.edu

Affiliation Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (igem), Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAP AAE MAH SH. Analyzed the data: MAP AAE. Genotyped the samples: MAP. Performed the sample collection and managed the epidemiological data: MLP AFV SH MAH. Wrote a first draft of the paper: MAP AAE. Edited and revised the manuscript: MAP MLP AFV SH MAH AAE.