About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Lyon

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Evelina Angov

evelina.angov@us.army.mil

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Michael P. Fay

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

JoAnn S. Sullivan

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Malaria Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Autumn S. Girourd

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sally J. Robinson

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth H. Duncan

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Christian A. Darko

Affiliation Division Malaria Vaccine Development, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

William E. Collins

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Malaria Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Carole A. Long

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

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases, Malaria Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAL WEC CAL JWB. Performed the experiments: EA JSS ASG SJR ESBL EHD CAD WEC CAL JWB. Analyzed the data: JAL MPF WEC CAL JWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAL EA MPF JSS ESBL CAD WEC CAL JWB. Wrote the paper: JAL MPF CAL.