About the Authors
- Goragoch Gesprasert
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Nuanjun Wichukchinda
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Masahiko Mori
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Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Teiichiro Shiino
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Affiliation AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Wattana Auwanit
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Busarawan Sriwanthana
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Panita Pathipvanich
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Affiliation Day Care Center, Lampang Hospital, Lampang, Thailand
- Pathom Sawanpanyalert
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Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Toshiyuki Miura
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Affiliation Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Prasert Auewarakul
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Arunee Thitithanyanont
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* E-mail: scaty@mahidol.ac.th
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Koya Ariyoshi
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Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Global COE Program, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PA AT KA. Performed the experiments: GG NW BS. Analyzed the data: GG MM TS TM KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WA BS PP PS. Wrote the paper: MM TM AT KA. Clinical evaluation and patient recruitment: PP. Critical review: TM PA.