About the Authors

Sirinapha X. Jittimanee

sxj47@yahoo.com

Affiliation Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Sriprapa Nateniyom

Affiliation Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Wanitchaya Kittikraisak

Affiliation Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Channawong Burapat

Affiliation Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Somsak Akksilp

Affiliation Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

Nopphanath Chumpathat

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Chawin Sirinak

Affiliation Department of Health, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

Wanchai Sattayawuthipong

Affiliation Phuket Provincial Health Office, Phuket, Thailand

Jay K. Varma

Affiliations Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN CB SA CS WS JKV. Performed the experiments: CB SA NC CS WS. Analyzed the data: SXJ JKV. Wrote the paper: SXJ WK JKV. Interpreted the data, revised the manuscript, and approved the final version: SXJ WK JKV. Approved the final version: SN CB SA NC CS WS.