About the Authors

Nasamon Wanlapakorn

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Varisara Ngaovithunvong

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Thanunrat Thongmee

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Preeyaporn Vichaiwattana

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Sompong Vongpunsawad

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Yong Poovorawan

Yong.P@chula.ac.th

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from commercial sources, Siam Cement Group and MK Restaurant Company Limited. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW VN TT PV. Performed the experiments: NW VN TT PV. Analyzed the data: NW SV YP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP SV. Wrote the paper: NW SV YP.