About the Authors

Watcharapong Piyaphanee

tewpe@mahidol.ac.th

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chatporn Kittitrakul

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Saranath Lawpoolsri

Affiliation Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Philippe Gautret

Affiliation Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France

Wataru Kashino

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Waraluk Tangkanakul

Affiliation Suvarnabhumi Port Health Office, Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand

Prangthip Charoenpong

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Thitiya Ponam

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Suda Sibunruang

Affiliation Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, the Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

Weerapong Phumratanaprapin

Affiliation Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Terapong Tantawichien

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W Piyaphanee CK WT TP SS W Phumratanaprapin TT. Performed the experiments: W Piyaphanee CK WT PC TP SS. Analyzed the data: W Piyaphanee CK SL PG WK PC SS W Phumratanaprapin TT. Wrote the paper: W Piyaphanee SL PG. Revised manuscript critically: W Piyaphanee CK SL PG WK WT PC TP SS W Phumratanaprapin TT. Final approval of manuscript: W Piyaphanee CK SL PG WK WT PC TP SS W Phumratanaprapin TT.