About the Authors

Sayaphet Rattanavong

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Pierre-Edouard Fournier

Affiliation URMITE, IHU Mediterranee-Infection, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Vang Chu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Khamthavy Frichitthavong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Pany Kesone

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Mayfong Mayxay

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Mariana Mirabel

Affiliations INSERM U970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center ­ PARCC, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Paul N. Newton

paul@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR PEF VC KF PK MMa MMi PNN. Performed the experiments: PEF. Analyzed the data: SR PEF VC KF PK MMa MMi PNN. Wrote the paper: SR PEF VC KF PK MMa MMi PNN.