About the Authors

Sean M. Griffing

Affiliations Malaria Branch, 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, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Giselle M. Rachid Viana

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisas Básicas em Malária, Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Brazil

Tonya Mixson-Hayden

Affiliations Malaria Branch, 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, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Sankar Sridaran

Affiliations Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammad Tauqeer Alam

Affiliations Malaria Branch, 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, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira

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

John W. Barnwell

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

Ananias A. Escalante

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Marinete Marins Povoa

Affiliation Laboratório de Pesquisas Básicas em Malária, Seção de Parasitologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Brazil

Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

vxu0@cdc.gov

Affiliation Malaria Branch, 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: SMG TM SS MTA MMP VU. Performed the experiments: SMG TM SS MTA GMRV. Analyzed the data: SMG AAE VU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMG VU MTA MMP GMRV AM JWB. Wrote the paper: SMG VU AM GMRV JWB.