About the Authors

Anjali Yadava

Anjali.Yadava.Civ@mail.mil

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Branch, Military Malaria Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Cysha E. Hall

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Branch, Military Malaria Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

JoAnn S. Sullivan

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Douglas Nace

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tyrone Williams

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William E. Collins

† Deceased.

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christian F. Ockenhouse

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Branch, Military Malaria Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

On behalf of the government of The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, AY and CFO are listed as inventors on issued and accepted patents on VMP001. These did not influence the study design, conduct, or data analysis. None of the other authors declare any conflict. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AY CFO JWB. Performed the experiments: CEH JSS DN TW WEC JWB. Analyzed the data: AY JWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY JWB. Wrote the paper: AY JWB.