About the Authors
- Wathsala Wijayalath
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Affiliation Malaria Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Sandra Cheesman
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Kazuyuki Tanabe
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Protozoology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Shiroma Handunnetti
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Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Richard Carter
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Sisira Pathirana
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* E-mail: 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.