About the Authors

Alejandro Marín-Menéndez

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Azucena Bardají

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Flor E. Martínez-Espinosa

Affiliations Gerência de Malária, Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil

Camila Bôtto-Menezes

Affiliation Gerência de Malária, Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil

Marcus V. Lacerda

Affiliation Gerência de Malária, Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil

Jon Ortiz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Pau Cisteró

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Mireia Piqueras

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Ingrid Felger

Affiliation Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Ivo Müeller

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Jaume Ordi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Hernando del Portillo

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Clara Menéndez

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Mats Wahlgren

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Alfredo Mayor

AGMAYOR@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic/Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Marín-Menéndez, A. Bardají, M. Piqueras, H. del Portillo, C. Menéndez, M. Wahlgren, A. Mayor. Performed the experiments: A. Marín-Menéndez, A. Bardají, F.E. Martínez-Espinosa, C. Bôtto-Menezes, M.V. Lacerda, J. Ordi, P. Cisteró, I. Felger, I. Müeller, J. Ortiz, A. Mayor. Analyzed the data: A. Marín-Menéndez, A. Bardají, F.E. Martínez-Espinosa, C. Bôtto-Menezes, M. Piqueras, I. Felger, I. Müeller, H. del Portillo, C. Menéndez, M. Wahlgren, A. Mayor. Wrote the paper: A. Marín-Menéndez, A. Bardají, I. Felger, C. Menéndez, M. Wahlgren, A. Mayor.