About the Authors

Anh Ha Lien Do

hadla@oucru.org

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

H. Rogier van Doorn

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

My Ngoc Nghiem

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Juliet E. Bryant

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Thanh Hang thi Hoang

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Quang Ha Do

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tan Le Van

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tan Thanh Tran

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Bridget Wills

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Vinh Chau van Nguyen

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Minh Hien Vo

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Cong Khanh Vo

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Minh Dung Nguyen

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Jeremy Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Tinh Hien Tran

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Menno D. de Jong

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDJ THT JF BW. Performed the experiments: MNN. Analyzed the data: AHLD THtH JB HRvD MDJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHLD QHD TLV TTT VCvN MHV CKV MDN. Wrote the paper: AHLD JB HRvD MDJ.