About the Authors
- Matthew B. Laurens
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Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Mahamadou A. Thera
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Drissa Coulibaly
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Amed Ouattara
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Affiliations Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Abdoulaye K. Kone
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Ando B. Guindo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Karim Traore
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Idrissa Traore
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Bourema Kouriba
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Dapa A. Diallo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Issa Diarra
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Modibo Daou
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Amagana Dolo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Youssouf Tolo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Mahamadou S. Sissoko
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Amadou Niangaly
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Mady Sissoko
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
- Shannon Takala-Harrison
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Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Kirsten E. Lyke
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Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Yukun Wu
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Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- William C. Blackwelder
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Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Olivier Godeaux
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium
- Johan Vekemans
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium
- Marie-Claude Dubois
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium
- W. Ripley Ballou
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium
- Joe Cohen
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Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium
- Tina Dube
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Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Lorraine Soisson
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Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Carter L. Diggs
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Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Brent House
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Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Jason W. Bennett
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Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- David E. Lanar
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Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Sheetij Dutta
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Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- D. Gray Heppner
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Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Christopher V. Plowe
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* E-mail: cplowe@medicine.umaryland.edu
Affiliation Malaria Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Ogobara K. Doumbo
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Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali
Competing Interests
SD and DEL hold patents for the FMP2.1 vaccine antigen. OG, JV, MCD, WRB, and JC are employees of GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, the manufacturer of the proprietary Adjuvant System AS02A, and hold shares in GlaxoSmithKline. None of the other authors have declared conflict of interest. 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: MBL DC AO AKK ABG KT BK DAD AD MSS AN MCD WRB JC LS CLD KEL YW WCB OG DGH OKD CVP MAT STH DEL SD STH. Performed the experiments: MBL DC AO AKK ABG KT IT BK DAD ID MD AD YT MSS AN MS BH JWB OKD CVP MAT. Analyzed the data: MBL AO YW WCB TD OKD CVP MAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO OG JV MCD WRB JC LS CLD DEL SD DGH. Wrote the paper: AO OG MCD WRB JC DEL SD DGH Wrote the manuscript: AO OG JV MCD WRB JC LS CLD DEL SD DGH OKD MBL CVP MAT.