About the Authors

Ahmed Abd El Wahed

Affiliations Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Goettingen, Germany, Department of Virology, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt

Pranav Patel

Affiliation CBS1-Highly Pathogenic Viruses, Center for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Oumar Faye

Affiliation Arbovirus Unit, Pasteur Institute, Dakar, Senegal

Sasikanya Thaloengsok

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Doris Heidenreich

Affiliation Department of Virology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany

Ponpan Matangkasombut

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Systems Biology of Diseases Research Unit at Faculty of Science and Center of Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Khajohnpong Manopwisedjaroen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Anavaj Sakuntabhai

Affiliation Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France

Amadou A. Sall

Affiliation Arbovirus Unit, Pasteur Institute, Dakar, Senegal

Frank T. Hufert

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor-Fontane, Senftenberg, Brandenburg, Germany

Manfred Weidmann

m.w.weidmann@stir.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAEW PP AAS FTH MW. Performed the experiments: AAEW PP OF ST DH PM KM AS AAS FTH MW. Analyzed the data: AAEW PP OF ST DH PM KM AS AAS FTH MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP OF PM AS AAS. Wrote the paper: AAEW MW. Critical revision of the manuscript: AAEW PP OF ST DH PM KM AS AAS FTH MW. Development of the DENV RPA assays: AAEW PP DH MW. Field trial in Senegal: AAEW PP OF AAS MW. Field trial in Thailand: AAEW ST PM KM AS FTH MW.