About the Authors

Neida K. Mita-Mendoza

Affiliations Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Departmento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigaciόn y Estudios Avanzados – Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México

Diana L. van de Hoef

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Parasitology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Tatiana M. Lopera-Mesa

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Saibou Doumbia

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Drissa Konate

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Mory Doumbouya

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Wenjuan Gu

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer M. Anderson

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Leopoldo Santos-Argumedo

Affiliation Departmento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigaciόn y Estudios Avanzados – Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México

Ana Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Division of Parasitology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael P. Fay

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Mahamadou Diakite

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Carole A. Long

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Rick M. Fairhurst

rfairhurst@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected clinical data: SD DK MD JMA MD. Conceived and designed the experiments: NKMM DLvdH TMLM JMA L SA AR MD CAL RMF. Performed the experiments: NKMM DLvdH TMLM. Analyzed the data: NKMM WG MPF RMF. Wrote the paper: NKMM MPF RMF.