About the Authors

Matthew B. Laurens

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

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Drissa Coulibaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Amed Ouattara

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

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Ando B. Guindo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Karim Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Idrissa Traore

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Bourema Kouriba

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Dapa A. Diallo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Issa Diarra

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Modibo Daou

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Amagana Dolo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Youssouf Tolo

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Mahamadou S. Sissoko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Amadou Niangaly

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Mady Sissoko

Affiliation Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques and Technology, Bamako, Mali

Shannon Takala-Harrison

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

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

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

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

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Johan Vekemans

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Marie-Claude Dubois

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

W. Ripley Ballou

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Joe Cohen

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Tina Dube

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lorraine Soisson

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America

Carter L. Diggs

Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States of America

Brent House

Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Jason W. Bennett

Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

David E. Lanar

Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Sheetij Dutta

Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

D. Gray Heppner

Affiliation U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher V. Plowe

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

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.