ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful to the people who participated in the study, and for the support and collaboration of the participating communities. We appreciate the efforts of the laboratory, field team members and support staff from the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research for their involvement in the included studies. This research was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Project Grants (1010069 and 1027108), the International Centres of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) for the South West Pacific, NIH U19 AI089686 and a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant (TransEpi Consortium). IM and LR are supported by NHMRC Research Fellowships.
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Dryad at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.37pvmcvfh
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