About the Authors

Michelle S. Hsiang

HsiangM@peds.ucsf.edu

Affiliations Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jimee Hwang

Affiliations Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Simon Kunene

Affiliation Malaria Control Program, Department of Health, Manzini, Swaziland

Chris Drakeley

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Deepika Kandula

Affiliations Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph Novotny

Affiliations Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Justin Parizo

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Trevor Jensen

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Marcus Tong

Affiliation School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jordan Kemere

Affiliation University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sabelo Dlamini

Affiliation Malaria Control Program, Department of Health, Manzini, Swaziland

Bruno Moonen

Affiliation Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evelina Angov

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

Christian Ockenhouse

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

Grant Dorsey

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bryan Greenhouse

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: MSH works at and JH is on secondment to the Global Health Group of the University of California San Francisco, which exists in part to support countries that are embarked on an evidence-based pathway towards elimination. SK is the program manager for and SD a program officer for the Swaziland National Malaria Control Program. DK, JN, and BM work with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which is supporting malaria elimination activities in Swaziland. Other authors report no potential conflicts of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSH JH SK BM GD BG. Performed the experiments: MSH DK JP TJ MT JK S. Dlamini. Analyzed the data: MH JH CD GD BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD JN EA S. Dutta CO. Wrote the paper: MSH JH GD BG.