About the Authors

David Akerele

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dragan Ljolje

Affiliation Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Eldin Talundzic

Affiliation Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Naomi W. Lucchi

Nlucchi@cdc.gov

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DA NWL VU. Data curation: DA DL ET NWL. Formal analysis: DA NWL. Investigation: DA DL NWL. Methodology: DA ET NWL. Project administration: NWL VU. Resources: VU. Supervision: NWL VU. Validation: DL NWL. Visualization: DA NWL. Writing – original draft: DA. Writing – review & editing: DA NWL VU.