About the Authors

Federico Carlini

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France

Karim Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Bamako, Mali

Nissem Cherouat

Affiliation Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Pierre Roubertoux

Affiliation Inserm U491, Génétique Médicale et Développement, Aix-Marseille Université, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France

Stéphane Buhler

Affiliation Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history (AGP), Department of Genetics and Evolution – Anthropology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Martì Cortey

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France

Sophie Simon

Affiliation Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Ogobara Doumbo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, Bamako, Mali

Jacques Chiaroni

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France

Christophe Picard

Affiliations Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France, Immuno-genetics laboratory, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France

Julie Di Cristofaro

julie.dicristofaro@efs.sante.fr

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS, ADES UMR 7268, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD CP JC OD. Performed the experiments: FC KT NC SS. Analyzed the data: JD FC CP PR MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC NC. Wrote the manuscript: FC CP JD SB.