About the Authors

Amanda R. Bitencourt

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Elaine C. Vicentin

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria C. Jimenez

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo Ricci

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Juliana A. Leite

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Fabio T. Costa

Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Luis C. Ferreira

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Bruce Russell

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Immunology Network, Biopolis, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

François Nosten

Affiliations Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Mahidol–Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Programme, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand

Laurent Rénia

Affiliation Singapore Immunology Network, Biopolis, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore

Mary R. Galinski

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John W. Barnwell

Affiliation Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia, United States of America

Mauricio M. Rodrigues

Affiliation CTCMOL, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil

Irene S. Soares

isoares@usp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISS MMR ARB. Performed the experiments: ARB ECV MCJ RR JAL BR. Analyzed the data: ARB ECV RR BR ISS MMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCF JWB MRG FTC LR FN. Wrote the paper: ISS MMR LCF FTC LR MRG.