About the Authors

Khin Saw Aye Myint

Current address: Emerging Virus Research Laboratory, Eijkman Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia

Affiliations Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand, Brain Infections Group, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Anja Kipar

Current address: Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Science, and Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard G. Jarman

Current address: Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Robert V. Gibbons

Current address: US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Guey Chuen Perng

Affiliations Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signal Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Brian Flanagan

Affiliation Infection Immunology, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Duangrat Mongkolsirichaikul

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Yvonne Van Gessel

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Tom Solomon

tsolomon@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliation Brain Infections Group, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSAM AK RGJ RVG TS. Performed the experiments: KSAM DM AK. Analyzed the data: KSAM AK RGJ GCP BF DM YVG TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK RVG YVG TS. Wrote the paper: KSAM AK RGJ RVG TS.