About the Authors

Leanne J. Robinson

Affiliations Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea, Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rahel Wampfler

Affiliations Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Inoni Betuela

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Stephan Karl

Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Michael T. White

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Connie S. N. Li Wai Suen

Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Natalie E. Hofmann

Affiliations Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Benson Kinboro

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Andreea Waltmann

Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jessica Brewster

Affiliation Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Lina Lorry

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Nandao Tarongka

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Lornah Samol

Affiliation Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Mariabeth Silkey

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Quique Bassat

Affiliation Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Peter M. Siba

Affiliations Vector Borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Madang and Maprik, Papua New Guinea, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Louis Schofield

Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Ingrid Felger

Affiliations Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Ivo Mueller

ivomueller@fastmail.fm

Affiliations Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic–University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared the following competing interests: IM has acted as an Academic Editor for PLOS Medicine.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM LS QB IF PS. Performed the experiments: LJR RW IB BK AW NH LL NT JB. Analyzed the data: CSNLWS SK MS LS MW LJR IM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IF SK RW MS QB CSNLWS NH. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: LJR SK MW IM. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: LJR RW IB MW SK BK CSNLWS AW NH JB LL NT LS MS QB PS LS IF IM. Enrolled patients: BK IB LJR.