About the Authors

Nnaemeka C. Iriemenam

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Janardan P. Pandey

yps0@cdc.gov (YPS); pandeyj@musc.edu (JPP)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

John Williamson

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anna J. Blackstock

Affiliations Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Atlanta Research and Education Foundation/VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Ajay Yesupriya

Affiliation National Office of Public Health Genomics, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aryan M. Namboodiri

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Keith M. Rocca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Anna Maria van Eijk

Affiliation Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

John Ayisi

Affiliation Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Juliana Oteino

Affiliation New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kisumu, Kenya

Renu B. Lal

Affiliation Division of AIDS, STD, TB Laboratory Research, National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Feiko O. ter Kuile

Affiliation Child and Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard Steketee

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bernard Nahlen

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Laurence Slutsker

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ya Ping Shi

yps0@cdc.gov (YPS); pandeyj@musc.edu (JPP)

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YPS JPP LS BN RS. Performed the experiments: JPP AMN KMR AMvE JA JO FOK RBL YPS. Analyzed the data: JW AJB AY. Wrote the paper: NCI YPS.