About the Authors
- Kae M. Pusic
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* E-mail: kae@hawaii.edu
Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Caryn N. Hashimoto
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Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Axel Lehrer
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Current address: PantheraBioPharma, Aiea, Hawaii, United States of America
Affiliation Hawaii Biotech Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, United States of America
- Charmaine Aniya
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Current address: Drug Analysis Unit, Scientific Investigation Section, Police Department, City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Affiliation Hawaii Biotech Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, United States of America
- David E. Clements
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Affiliation Hawaii Biotech Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, United States of America
- George S. Hui
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Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Competing Interests
DC is currently an employee of Hawaii Biotech Inc. This study was done when CA and AL were employed by Hawaii Biotech Inc.; since then CA and AL have both left the company. GH, DC, and KP are listed as inventors of a pending malaria vaccine patent. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KP GH DC. Performed the experiments: KP CH AL CA. Analyzed the data: KP GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP GH DC. Wrote the paper: KP GH.