About the Authors

Wanitchaya Kittikraisak

wanitchayak@th.cdc.gov

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

Pritaporn Kingkaew

Affiliation Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Yot Teerawattananon

Affiliation Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Jomkwan Yothasamut

Affiliation Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Supalert Natesuwan

Affiliation Chiang Rai Regional Hospital, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Weerawat Manosuthi

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand

Sara J. Whitehead

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WK PK YT VC SW. Performed the experiments: WK PK YT JY SN WM. Analyzed the data: WK PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WK PK YT. Wrote the paper: WK.