About the Authors

Gerard J. Casey

Affiliation Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Damien Jolley

Affiliation School of Public Health Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Prahran, Australia

Tran Q. Phuc

Affiliation National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam

Ta T. Tinh

Affiliation National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam

Dang H. Tho

Affiliation Research And Training Centre for Community Development, Hanoi, Vietnam

Antonio Montresor

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Beverley-Ann Biggs

babiggs@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), The University of Melbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Competing Interests

This project was funded by Atlantic Philanthropies Inc. (AP); however, this does not alter the authors' adherence to sharing data and materials as detailed in the PLoS ONE policies for authors found online.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC TP AM BB DJ. Performed the experiments: GC TP TT. Analyzed the data: DJ GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJ. Wrote the paper: GC DJ TP TT DT AM BB.