About the Authors

Anna Bachmann

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

bachmann@bni-hamburg.de

Affiliations Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany

Ellen Bruske

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Ralf Krumkamp

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Louise Turner

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark

J. Stephan Wichers

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Michaela Petter

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Mikrobiologisches Institut–Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, School of BioSciences, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Jana Held

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Michael F. Duffy

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of BioSciences, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

B. Kim Lee Sim

Roles Resources

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

Stephen L. Hoffman

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Peter G. Kremsner

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, Germany

Bertrand Lell

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), African partner institution, CERMEL, Gabon

Thomas Lavstsen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Medical Parasitology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark

Matthias Frank

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Benjamin Mordmüller

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, Germany

Egbert Tannich

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Molecular Parasitology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany

Competing Interests

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 exist.