About the Authors

Kesinee Chotivanich

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Rachanee Udomsangpetch

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Rossarin Suwanarusk

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

Sasithon Pukrittayakamee

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Polrat Wilairatana

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

James G. Beeson

Affiliation Infection and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia

Nicholas P. J. Day

Affiliations Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. White

nickw@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Parasite culture: KC. Adhesion assessments: KC. Placenta section collection: RU. Laminar flow assay: RS. Parasite collection: SP PW. Technical support: JGB. Project design: NJW. Conceived and designed the experiments: KC RU JGB NJW. Performed the experiments: KC RS. Analyzed the data: KC NPJD NJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC RU SP PW JGB NPJD NJW. Wrote the paper: KC JGB NJW NPJD.