About the Authors
- Kartik S. Bane
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Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Simone Lepper
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Lepper, Jessica Kehrer, Julia M. Sattler
Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jessica Kehrer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Lepper, Jessica Kehrer, Julia M. Sattler
Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Julia M. Sattler
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Lepper, Jessica Kehrer, Julia M. Sattler
Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Mirko Singer
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Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Miriam Reinig
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Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dennis Klug
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Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Kirsten Heiss
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Affiliations Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany, Malva GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jake Baum
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Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Ann-Kristin Mueller
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Affiliation Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- Friedrich Frischknecht
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* E-mail: freddy.frischknecht@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Affiliation Integrative Parasitology, Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: KH is shareholder of MalVa GmbH, a spin-off company of the Heidelberg University Hospital focussing on malaria vaccine development. There are no patents, products in development, marketed products or financial interests to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KSB SL AKM FF. Performed the experiments: KSB SL JMS JK MS KH MR. Analyzed the data: KSB SL JMS JK JB FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB FF. Wrote the paper: KSB JMS FF. Generated WT fluo parasite line: DK.