About the Authors

Dumizulu L. Tembo

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Benjamin Nyoni

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Rekah V. Murikoli

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Mavuto Mukaka

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Danny A. Milner

Affiliations Blantyre Malaria Project, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew Berriman

Affiliation Pathogen Sequencing Unit, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Rogerson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Terrie E. Taylor

Affiliations Blantyre Malaria Project, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Malcolm E. Molyneux

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Wilson L. Mandala

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Alister G. Craig

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jacqui Montgomery

jmontmlw@gmail.com

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLT SJR TET MEM WLM AGC JM. Performed the experiments: DLT BN RVM JM. Analyzed the data: DLT JM MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLT DAM MB SJR TET MEM JM. Wrote the paper: DLT SJR AGC JM.