About the Authors

Eldin Talundzic

etalundzic@cdc.gov

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation/VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Stella M. Chenet

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ira F. Goldman

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dhruviben S. Patel

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julia A. Nelson

Affiliation Atlanta Research and Education Foundation/VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Mateusz M. Plucinski

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, President’s Malaria Initiative, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop D-67, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET. Performed the experiments: ET IFG JAN DSP. Analyzed the data: ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWB. Wrote the paper: ET. Helped edit the manuscript: VU SMC MMP JWB.