About the Authors

Wathsala Wijayalath

Affiliation Malaria Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sandra Cheesman

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Kazuyuki Tanabe

Affiliation Department of Molecular Protozoology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shiroma Handunnetti

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Richard Carter

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sisira Pathirana

sisira@med.cmb.ac.lk, sisira_pathirana@yahoo.com

Affiliation Malaria Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP RC SH. Performed the experiments: WW SP SC KT. Analyzed the data: WW SC SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WW SC KT SH RC SP. Wrote the paper: WW SP RC SH SC KT. Pyrosequencing analysis done: SC RC. Sequencing of the csp gene of the two Plasmodium cynomolgi strains: KT.