About the Authors

Andrew R. Williams

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew R. Williams, Alexander D. Douglas

arwilliams@graduate.uwa.edu.au

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Alexander D. Douglas

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew R. Williams, Alexander D. Douglas

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kazutoyo Miura

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph J. Illingworth

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Prateek Choudhary

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Linda M. Murungi

Affiliations The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya,

Julie M. Furze

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ababacar Diouf

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Olivo Miotto

Affiliations MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Cécile Crosnier

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Gavin J. Wright

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Affiliations MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rick M. Fairhurst

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Carole A. Long

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Simon J. Draper

Affiliation The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

ARW, ADD, JJI, CC, GJW and SJD are named on patent applications relating to PfRH5 and/or other malaria vaccines. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARW, A. Douglas, KM, JJI, RMF, CAL, SJD. Performed the experiments: ARW, A. Douglas, KM, JJI, PC, LMM, A. Diouf. Analyzed the data: ARW, A. Douglas, KM, JJI, SJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMF, OM, CC, GJW, DPK, RMF, CAL. Wrote the paper: ARW, A. Douglas, RMF, SJD.