About the Authors

Nguyen Thi Khanh Nhu

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

Ha Vinh

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

Tran Vu Thieu Nga

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

Richard Stabler

Affiliation The Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Pham Thanh Duy

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

Le Thi Minh Vien

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

H. Rogier van Doorn

Affiliations The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ana Cerdeño-Tárraga

Affiliation EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nicholas Thomson

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

James Campbell

Affiliations The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nguyen Van Minh Hoang

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

Tran Thi Thu Nga

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

Pham Van Minh

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

Cao Thu Thuy

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

Brendan Wren

Affiliation The Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jeremy Farrar

Affiliations The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stephen Baker

sbaker@oucru.org

Affiliations The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB. Performed the experiments: NTKN TVTN RS PTD LTMV. Analyzed the data: TVTN RS ACT NT SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HV RS HRvD ACT NT JC NVMH TTTN PVM CTT BW. Wrote the paper: BW JF SB.