About the Authors

Rana Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Soundarapandian Velmurugan

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Chinnamma Chakiath

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lucy Andrews Donkor

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Wilbur Milhous

Current address: College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation CDC/NCID/Malaria Branch, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia, United States of America

William E. Collins

Affiliation CDC/NCID/Malaria Branch, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia, United States of America

Stephen L. Hoffman

slhoffman@sanaria.com

Affiliation Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

RC, SVM, CC, LA and SLH are employees of Sanaria, Inc. WM is affiliated with the University of South Florida. JWB and WEC are affiliated with CDC/NCID/Malaria Branch. These affiliations do not alter the authors' adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in PLoS ONE's guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC WKM JWB WEC SLH. Performed the experiments: RC CC LAD JWB WEC. Analyzed the data: RC SV SLH. Wrote the paper: RC SV SLH.