About the Authors

Tawatchai Kirawittaya

Affiliation Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand

In-Kyu Yoon

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Sineewanlaya Wichit

Current address: Institut de recherche pour le développement, Montpellier, France

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Sharone Green

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Francis A. Ennis

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert V. Gibbons

Affiliation United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Institute of Surgical Research, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stephen J. Thomas

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

Alan L. Rothman

Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Siripen Kalayanarooj

Affiliation Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Anon Srikiatkhachorn

anon.srikiatkhachorn@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SG ALR FAE. Performed the experiments: AS TK SW SK. Analyzed the data: AS ALR RVG IKY SW. Wrote the paper: AS TK SG ALR SJT IKY RVG SK FAE SW.