About the Authors

Dionicia Gamboa

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Departamento de Bioquimica, Biologia Molecular y Farmacologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Mei-Fong Ho

Affiliations Clinical Tropical Medicine, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Drug Resistance and Diagnostics, Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jorge Bendezu

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Katherine Torres

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Peter L. Chiodini

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sandra Incardona

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

Mark Perkins

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

David Bell

Affiliations Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

James McCarthy

Affiliations Clinical Tropical Medicine, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Qin Cheng

qin.cheng@defence.gov.au

Affiliations Drug Resistance and Diagnostics, Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Malaria Drug Resistance and Chemotherapy, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG PC JWB MDP DB JM QC. Performed the experiments: MFH JB KJT. Analyzed the data: DG MFH JB KJT PC JWB SI DB JM QC. Wrote the paper: DG MFH JWB DB JM QC. Coordinated sample collections: SI MDP DB.