About the Authors

Sharon E. Cox

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Sharon.cox@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kindgom

Conor Doherty

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Keneba, MRC Laboratories, The Gambia

Sarah H. Atkinson

Affiliations Medical Research Council (MRC) International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kindgom, Medical Research Council (MRC) Keneba, MRC Laboratories, The Gambia

Chidi V. Nweneka

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Keneba, MRC Laboratories, The Gambia

Anthony J.C. Fulford

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kindgom

Hala Ghattas

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kindgom

Kirk A. Rockett

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom

Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom

Andrew M. Prentice

Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kindgom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP SA SC CD. Performed the experiments: SC CD CN HG. Analyzed the data: AF KR SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK KR. Wrote the paper: DK AP AF KR SC CD CN HG.