About the Authors

Emma K. Nickerson

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Maliwan Hongsuwan

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

Direk Limmathurotsakul

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

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

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

Krupal R. Shah

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Pramot Srisomang

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

Weera Mahavanakul

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

Therapon Wacharaprechasgul

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

Vance G. Fowler Jr.

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

T. Eoin West

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Nitaya Teerawatanasuk

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

Harald Becher

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. White

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Wirongrong Chierakul

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

Nicholas P. Day

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sharon J. Peacock

emma@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

All of the authors, except VGF, declare that they have no conflict of interest pertaining to this manuscript. Vance G. Fowler declares the potential conflict of interests: Grant or research support: Cubist, Merck, Theravance, Inhibitex, Cerexa, NIH; Paid consultant: Astellas, Biosynexus, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Leo Pharmaceuticals; Speaker's Bureau: Cubist, Pfizer; Employment Duke University; Honoraria: Arpida, Astellas, Biosynexus, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Nabi, Pfizer, Theravance, Ortho-McNeil; Membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, etc.: Cubist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKN DL VW VGF WC NPJD SJP. Performed the experiments: EKN MH DL VW KRS PS WM TW NT HB SJP. Analyzed the data: EKN DL TEW. Wrote the paper: EKN VGF TEW NJW SJP. Contributed to and approved manuscript: MH DL VW KRS PS WM TW NT HB WC NPJD.