About the Authors

Jarika Makkoch

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kamol Suwannakarn

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sunchai Payungporn

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Slinporn Prachayangprecha

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Thaweesak Cheiocharnsin

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Piyada Linsuwanon

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Apiradee Theamboonlers

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Yong Poovorawan

yong.p@chula.ac.th

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have the following competing interest. The study was supported by MK restaurant Company Limited. This affiliation does not relate to any employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products etc. The Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University has received the nonspecific research fund from the MK restaurant Company Limited. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YP JM. Analyzed the data: JM PL TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP AT YP. Wrote the paper: JM YP PL SP. Molecular characterized of pH1N1 virus: JM KS SlP SP.