About the Authors

Manas Kanoksil

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Sappasithiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

Anchalee Jatapai

Affiliation Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sharon J. Peacock

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Direk Limmathurotsakul

direk@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK SJP DL. Performed the experiments: MK AJ DL. Analyzed the data: AJ DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ DL. Wrote the paper: MK AJ SJP DL.