Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding protein 2b are associated with protection against P. vivax malaria in populations living in low malaria transmission regions of Brazil and Thailand

• Wen-Qiang He,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Stephan Karl,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Vector-borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

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• Michael T. White,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Parasites and Hosts Unit, Department of Parasites & Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Wang Nguitragool,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand

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• Wuelton Monteiro,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Andrea Kuehn,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Jakub Gruszczyk,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-2964

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• Camila T. França,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Jetsumon Sattabongkot,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Marcus V. G. Lacerda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Wai-Hong Tham ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶WHT and IM are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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• Ivo Mueller

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mueller@wehi.edu.au

  ¶WHT and IM are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Malaria Parasites and Hosts Unit, Department of Parasites & Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6554-6889

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