About the Authors

Eldin Talundzic

etalundzic@cdc.gov

Affiliations Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sheila Akinyi Okoth

Affiliation Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kanungnit Congpuong

Affiliations Bureau of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Bansomdej-chaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Mateusz M. Plucinski

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lindsay Morton

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ira F. Goldman

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patrick S. Kachur

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chansuda Wongsrichanalai

Affiliation Independent Scholar, Bangkok, Thailand

Wichai Satimai

Affiliation Bureau of Vector Borne Diseases, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET VU JWB CW PSK KC WS. Performed the experiments: ET SAO LM IFG. Analyzed the data: ET MMP SAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET KC WS. Wrote the paper: ET VU SAO MMP.