About the Authors

Tobias O. Apinjoh

apinjohtoby@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Judith K. Anchang-Kimbi

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Clarisse Njua-Yafi

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Regina N. Mugri

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Andre N. Ngwai

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Kirk A. Rockett

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Eric Mbunwe

Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Diabetes Research Center, Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium

Richard N. Besingi

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Taane G. Clark

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Affiliations Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Eric A. Achidi

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

in collaboration with The MalariaGEN Consortium

Information about the MalariaGEN Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgements section.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAA TOA KAR TGC DPK. Performed the experiments: TOA JKA CN RNM ANN EM RNB. Analyzed the data: TOA TGC MalariaGEN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPK EAA TGC MalariaGEN. Wrote the manuscript: TOA JKA CN EM KAR EAA.