About the Authors
- Ahmed Abd El Wahed
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Affiliations Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Goettingen, Germany, Department of Virology, Mansoura University, Dakahlia, Egypt
- Pranav Patel
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Affiliation CBS1-Highly Pathogenic Viruses, Center for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Oumar Faye
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Affiliation Arbovirus Unit, Pasteur Institute, Dakar, Senegal
- Sasikanya Thaloengsok
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Doris Heidenreich
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Affiliation Department of Virology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany
- Ponpan Matangkasombut
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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
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Anavaj Sakuntabhai
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Affiliation Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
- Amadou A. Sall
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Affiliation Arbovirus Unit, Pasteur Institute, Dakar, Senegal
- Frank T. Hufert
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor-Fontane, Senftenberg, Brandenburg, Germany
- Manfred Weidmann
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* E-mail: 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.