About the Authors

Kamol Suwannakarn

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Thaweesak Chieochansin

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chitima Thongmee

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Jarika Makkoch

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kesmanee Praianantathavorn

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Apiradee Theamboonlers

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Srinand Sreevatsan

Affiliation Departments of Veterinary Population Medicine and Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Yong Poovorawan

Yong.P@chula.ac.th

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS TC AT SS YP. Performed the experiments: KS TC CT JM KP AT. Analyzed the data: KS SS YP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS TC CT JM KP AT. Wrote the paper: KS SS YP.