About the Authors
- Bertrand Lell
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Isabelle von Glasenapp
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Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Sonja Haertle
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Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Sunny Oyakhiromen
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Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Saadou Issifou
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Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Johan Vekemans
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Amanda Leach
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Marc Lievens
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Marie-Claude Dubois
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Marie-Ange Demoitie
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Terrell Carter
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Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Tonya Villafana
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Affiliation PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- W. Ripley Ballou
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Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Joe Cohen
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium
- Peter G. Kremsner
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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.