About the Authors

Sarah J. Dunstan

sarah.dunstan@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom, Nossal Institute of Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia

Trinh Thi Bich Tram

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam

Guy E. Thwaites

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

Tran Thi Hong Chau

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam

Nguyen Hoan Phu

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam

Tran Tinh Hien

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam

Jeremy J. Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

Marcel Wolbers

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, District 5, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJD GET JJF MW TTH NTHM. Performed the experiments: TTBT TTHC NHP TTH NTHM. Analyzed the data: SJD TTBT MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJD MW. Wrote the paper: SJD GET MW.