About the Authors

Nittaya Phanuphak

nittaya.p@trcarc.org

Affiliations The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, SEARCH, Bangkok, Thailand

Nipat Teeratakulpisarn

Affiliation The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Somboon Keelawat

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Tippawan Pankam

Affiliation The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Jiranuwat Barisri

Affiliation The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Surang Triratanachat

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Amornrat Deesua

Affiliation The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Piyanee Rodbamrung

Affiliation The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Jiratchaya Wongsabut

Affiliation HIV-NAT, Bangkok, Thailand

Patou Tantbirojn

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Saranya Numto

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Preecha Ruangvejvorachai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Praphan Phanuphak

Affiliations The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, SEARCH, Bangkok, Thailand, HIV-NAT, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Joel M. Palefsky

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Jintanat Ananworanich

Affiliations The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, SEARCH, Bangkok, Thailand, HIV-NAT, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Stephen J. Kerr

Affiliations HIV-NAT, Bangkok, Thailand, The Kirby Institute for Infections and Immunity in Society, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP PP JA SJK. Performed the experiments: NT SK TP JB ST AD PR PT SN. Analyzed the data: JW SJK. Wrote the paper: NP PP JMP JA SJK.