About the Authors

Walter R. Taylor

bob@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi, Vietnam, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kinh Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Duc Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Huyen Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Peter Horby

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi, Vietnam, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ha L. Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Trinh Lien

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Giang Tran

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ninh Tran

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ha M. Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Thai Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ha H. Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Thanh Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Giap Tran

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Jeremy Farrar

Affiliations Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Menno de Jong

Affiliations Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Constance Schultsz

Affiliations Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Huong Tran

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Diep Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Bich Vu

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Hoa Le

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Trinh Dao

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Trung Nguyen

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

Heiman Wertheim

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi, Vietnam, Centre for Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RT HW Duc Nguyen PH JF CS MdJ Trung Nguyen. Analyzed the data: WRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW HT Diep Nguyen BV HL TD Trung Nguyen. Wrote the paper: WRT HW. Clinical care and clincial data collection: KN Duc Nguyen HN HLN TL Giang Tran NT HMN Thai Nguyen HHN Thanh Nguyen Giap Tran.