About the Authors

Le Thi Minh Vien

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

Ngo Ngoc Quang Minh

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Children's Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tang Chi Thuong

Affiliation Children's Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Huynh Duy Khuong

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

Tran Vu Thieu Nga

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

Corinne Thompson

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

James I. Campbell

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

Menno de Jong

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jeremy J. Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Constance Schultsz

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

H. Rogier van Doorn

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Stephen Baker

sbaker@oucru.org

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HRvD. Performed the experiments: LTMV HDK. Analyzed the data: LTMV TVTN CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NNQM TCT JIC MdJ JJF CS. Wrote the paper: SB. Drafting of the article: LTMV.