About the Authors

Tran Nguyen Bich Chau

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Katherine L. Anders

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Le Bich Lien

Affiliation Department of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Children's Hospital #1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Thanh Hung

Affiliation Department of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Children's Hospital #1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Lu Thi Minh Hieu

Affiliation Department of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Children's Hospital #1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Nguyen Minh Tuan

Affiliation Department of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Children's Hospital #1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tran Thi Thuy

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital #2, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Le Thi Phuong

Affiliation Dong Thap Hospital, Cao Lanh, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Hong Tham

Affiliation Dong Thap Hospital, Cao Lanh, Vietnam

Mai Ngoc Lanh

Affiliation Dong Thap Hospital, Cao Lanh, Vietnam

Jeremy J. Farrar

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Stephen S. Whitehead

Affiliation Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Cameron P. Simmons

csimmons@oucru.org

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPS. Performed the experiments: TNBC SSW. Analyzed the data: TNBC SSW. Wrote the paper: TNBC KLA. Patient recruitment and collecting clinical information: LBL NTH LTMH NMT TTT LTP NTHT MNL. Director of the research unit: JJF.