About the Authors

Mathilde Savy

Affiliation MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Branwen J. Hennig

Affiliation MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Conor P. Doherty

Affiliation MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia

Anthony J. Fulford

Affiliation MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Robin Bailey

Affiliations MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, Department of Infectious Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Martin J. Holland

Affiliations MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, Department of Infectious Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Giorgio Sirugo

Affiliations MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, Department of Medical Genetics, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Kirk A. Rockett

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom, Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Andrew M. Prentice

Affiliation MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Sharon E. Cox

Sharon.Cox@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPD RLB AP SEC. Performed the experiments: MS BJH MJH GS KR SEC. Analyzed the data: MS AJCF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS KR DK. Wrote the paper: MS BJH CPD RLB SEC.