About the Authors

Ruth D. Ellis

Current address: Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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

Yimin Wu

yiwu@niaid.nih.gov

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

Laura B. Martin

Current address: Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, Siena, Italy

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

Donna Shaffer

Affiliation Center for Immunization Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kazutoyo Miura

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Joan Aebig

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

Andrew Orcutt

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

Kelly Rausch

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

Daming Zhu

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

Anders Mogensen

Current address: LEO Pharma, API Manufacturing, Ballerup, Denmark

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

Michael P. Fay

Affiliation Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

David L. Narum

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

Carole Long

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Louis Miller

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

Anna P. Durbin

Affiliation Center for Immunization Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Ruth Ellis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. CPG 7909 was provided by Coley Incorporated, a Pfizer Company. Coley did not provide employment, consultancy, or other financial sponsorship or support. These interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDE YW LBM DS LM APD. Performed the experiments: DS KM JA AO KR DZ AM. Analyzed the data: RDE YW KM JA AM MPF DLN CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM JA KR DZ DLN CL. Wrote the paper: RDE YW DS APD.