About the Authors
- Hasitha Tissera
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Affiliations Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka, National Dengue Control Unit, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Ananda Amarasinghe
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Sunethra Gunasena
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Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Aruna Dharshan DeSilva
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Affiliation Genetech Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Leong Wei Yee
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Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- October Sessions
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Affiliation Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
- Chanaka Muthukuda
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Paba Palihawadana
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Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Wolfgang Lohr
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Peter Byass
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Duane J. Gubler
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Affiliation Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
- Annelies Wilder-Smith
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* E-mail: awilder-smith@ntu.edu.sg
Affiliations Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: DJG is a shareholder with Takeda, and has received advisory and speakers' fees from Takeda and Sanofi Pasteur. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DJG AWS HT. Performed the experiments: HT AA PP. Analyzed the data: LWY WL PB CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG ADD OS. Wrote the paper: AWS. Contributed to writing: HT AA SG ADD LWY OS CM PP WL PB DJG AWS.