About the Authors

Maciej F. Boni

mboni@oucru.org

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. White

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

J. Kevin Baird

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta, Indonesia

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: NJW is on the Editorial Board of PLoS Medicine. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MFB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MFB NJW JKB. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: MFB NJW JKB. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.