About the Authors

Gemma Moncunill

Contributed equally to this work with: Gemma Moncunill, Alfredo Mayor

gemma.moncunill@cresib.cat

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Alfredo Mayor

Contributed equally to this work with: Gemma Moncunill, Alfredo Mayor

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

Alfons Jiménez

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Augusto Nhabomba

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

Núria Casas-Vila

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Laura Puyol

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Joseph J. Campo

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Maria Nelia Manaca

Affiliation Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

Ruth Aguilar

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

María-Jesús Pinazo

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Mercè Almirall

Affiliation Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Cristina Soler

Affiliation Hospital Santa Caterina de Salt, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

José Muñoz

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Azucena Bardají

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Evelina Angov

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

Sheetij Dutta

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

Chetan E. Chitnis

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India

Pedro L. Alonso

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

Joaquim Gascón

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Carlota Dobaño

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique

Competing Interests

The co-author Alfredo Mayor is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD JG AM GM. Performed the experiments: NCV AJ. Analyzed the data: GM AM CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA SD CEC. Wrote the manuscript: GM AM CD. Designed and performed set up experiments: JJC. Performed clinical diagnosis, management of malaria patients and collected clinical data: MJP MA CS JM JG AB. Designed and conducted the field trial: PLA AM CD. Coordinated data compilation and performed blood sample processing: RA LP DB MNM AN..