About the Authors

Anna Bachmann

bachmann@bni-hamburg.de

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany

Michaela Petter

Affiliation Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ralf Krumkamp

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and German Center for Infection Research, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Hamburg, Germany

Meral Esen

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and German Center for Infection Research, partner site Tübingen, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Jana Held

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and German Center for Infection Research, partner site Tübingen, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Judith A. M. Scholz

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany

Tao Li

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

B. Kim Lee Sim

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen L. Hoffman

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Peter G. Kremsner

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine and German Center for Infection Research, partner site Tübingen, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon

Benjamin Mordmüller

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine and German Center for Infection Research, partner site Tübingen, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon

Michael F. Duffy

Affiliation Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Egbert Tannich

Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

TL (Senior Director), BKLS (Executive Vice President Process Development and Manufacturing) and SLH (Chief Executive and Scientific Officer) are employees of Sanaria Inc. This affiliation does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB MP MFD ET. Performed the experiments: AB MP JAMS. Analyzed the data: AB MP RK MFD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL BKLS SLH. Wrote the paper: AB MP MFD ET. Designed the CHMI trial: BM PGK SLH. Collected the blood samples: JH ME.