About the Authors

Charatdao Bunthi

charatdaob@th.cdc.gov

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Somsak Thamthitiwat

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Henry C. Baggett

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Pasakorn Akarasewi

Affiliation Bureau of Epidemiology, Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Ruchira Ruangchira-urai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Susan A. Maloney

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Regional Center, Thailand Ministry of Public Health- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Kumnuan Ungchusak

Affiliation Bureau of Epidemiology, Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Reviewed and edited the manuscript: ST HB PA SM KU. Conceived and designed the experiments: CB ST RR HB PA SM KU. Performed the experiments: CB ST. Analyzed the data: CB. Wrote the paper: CB RR.