About the Authors

Bertrand Lell

bertrand.lell@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Selidji Agnandji

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Isabelle von Glasenapp

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Sonja Haertle

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Sunny Oyakhiromen

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Saadou Issifou

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Johan Vekemans

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Amanda Leach

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Marc Lievens

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Marie-Claude Dubois

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Marie-Ange Demoitie

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Terrell Carter

Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tonya Villafana

Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

W. Ripley Ballou

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joe Cohen

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Peter G. Kremsner

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

M.A.D., M-C.D., A.L., M.L., J.V., J.C. are employees of GSK Biologicals. A.L., J.C. and M.C.D. own shares in GSK. W.R.B. was an employee of GSK Biologicals during study design and implementation, but became an employee of the Gates Foundation by the time results were available. J.C. and W.R.B. are listed as inventors of patented malaria vaccines, however, neither individual holds a patent for a malaria vaccine. There are no conflicts of interest for other authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL JV AL ML MCD MAD TC TV WRB JC PGK. Performed the experiments: BL STA IvG SH SO SI TC TV WRB PGK. Analyzed the data: BL JV AL ML WRB JC PGK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: STA IvG SH SO SI MCD MAD. Wrote the paper: BL STA IvG SH SO SI JV AL ML MCD MAD TC TV WRB JC PGK.