About the Authors

Mahamadou A. Thera

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Ogobara K. Doumbo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Drissa Coulibaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Matthew B. Laurens

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Abdoulaye K. Kone

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Ando B. Guindo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Karim Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Mady Sissoko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Dapa A. Diallo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Issa Diarra

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Bourema Kouriba

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Modibo Daou

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Amagana Dolo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Mounirou Baby

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Mahamadou S. Sissoko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Issaka Sagara

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Amadou Niangaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Idrissa Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Ally Olotu

Current address: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Olivier Godeaux

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Amanda Leach

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Marie-Claude Dubois

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

W. Ripley Ballou

Current address: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Joe Cohen

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium

Darby Thompson

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Tina Dube

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lorraine Soisson

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Carter L. Diggs

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Shannon L. Takala

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kirsten E. Lyke

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brent House

Affiliation Division of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

David E. Lanar

Affiliation Division of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sheetij Dutta

Affiliation Division of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

D. Gray Heppner

Affiliation Division of Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher V. Plowe

cplowe@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

SD and DEL hold patents for the FMP2.1 vaccine antigen. OG, AL, WRB, MCD and JC are or were employees of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, the manufacturer of the proprietary Adjuvant System AS02A, and hold shares in GlaxoSmithKline. None of the other authors have declared conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAT OKD DC AKK ABG KT DAD AD MSS IS AN AO OG AL MCD WRB JC LS CD KEL DGH CVP. Performed the experiments: MAT OKD DC MBL AKK ABG KT MS DAD ID BK MD AD MB MSS IS AN IT KEL BH CVP. Analyzed the data: MAT MBL MSS IS DT TJD SLT KEL BH CVP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO OG AL MCD WRB JC DL SD DGH. Wrote the paper: MAT MBL OG MCD JC LS CD SLT KEL DGH CVP.