About the Authors

Linda Reiling

Affiliations Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

Jack S. Richards

Affiliations Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Freya J. I. Fowkes

Affiliations Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Danny W. Wilson

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

Watcharee Chokejindachai

Affiliations Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

Alyssa E. Barry

Affiliations Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia

Wai-Hong Tham

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

Janine Stubbs

Affiliation Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia

Christine Langer

Affiliations Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

John Donelson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Pascal Michon

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Livingstone Tavul

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Brendan S. Crabb

Affiliation Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia

Peter M. Siba

Affiliation Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea

Alan F. Cowman

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

Ivo Mueller

Affiliations Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Barcelona Center for International Health Research, Barcelona, Spain

James G. Beeson

beeson@burnet.edu.au

Affiliations Burnet Institute of Medical Research and Public Health, Victoria, Australia, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB LR JR DW WC BC. Performed the experiments: LR JR DW WC CL JD. Analyzed the data: JB LR FF JR AB DW WC JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB LR JR FF AB WT JS PM LT PS AC IM. Wrote the paper: LR JB FF DW JR. Conducted cohort study: IM PM LT.