About the Authors

Benoît Malleret

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore

Fenggao Xu

Current address: Key Laboratory of Drug Quality Control and Pharmacovigilance, China Pharmaceutical University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Narla Mohandas

Affiliation Red Cell Physiology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Rossarin Suwanarusk

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore

Cindy Chu

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand

Juliana A. Leite

Affiliations Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil

Kayen Low

Affiliation JEOL Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore

Claudia Turner

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand

Kanlaya Sriprawat

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand

Rou Zhang

Affiliation Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Olivier Bertrand

Affiliations INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale), UMR-S (Unité Mixte de Recherche) 665, Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France, Universite Paris 7–Denis Diderot, Paris, France

Yves Colin

Affiliations INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale), UMR-S (Unité Mixte de Recherche) 665, Paris, France, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France, Universite Paris 7–Denis Diderot, Paris, France

Fabio T. M. Costa

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil

Choon Nam Ong

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Mah Lee Ng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore

Chwee Teck Lim

Affiliations Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Department of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Francois Nosten

Affiliations Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand, Mahidol-Oxford-University Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Laurent Rénia

micbmr@nus.edu.sg (BR); renia_laurent@immunol.a-star.edu.sg (LR)

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore

Bruce Russell

micbmr@nus.edu.sg (BR); renia_laurent@immunol.a-star.edu.sg (LR)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore

Competing Interests

Bruce Russell, Laurent Rénia, Francois Nosten and Fabio T. M. Costa are PLOS ONE editorial board members. Kayen Low was an employee of JEOL Asia Pte Ltd during her involvement with this manuscript. 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: BM BR NM CTL CNO FN LR FTMC. Performed the experiments: BM BR RS FX CC RZ KL JAL. Analyzed the data: BM BR MLN KL LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OB YC FN CNO CC CT KS CTL. Wrote the paper: BR BM NM LR CTL. Clinical oversite: FN CC CT.