About the Authors

Julia Knöckel

julia.knoeckel@gmail.com (JK); lmiller@niaid.nih.gov (LHM)

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

Alvaro Molina-Cruz

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

Elizabeth Fischer

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Research Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Olga Muratova

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

Ashley Haile

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

Carolina Barillas-Mury

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

Louis H. Miller

julia.knoeckel@gmail.com (JK); lmiller@niaid.nih.gov (LHM)

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

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK AMC EF CBM LHM. Performed the experiments: JK AMC EF OM. Analyzed the data: JK AMC EF CBM LHM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH. Wrote the paper: JK CBM LHM. Edited figures and wrote and edited the final draft of the manuscript: JK.