About the Authors

Premjit Amornchai

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kung@tropmedres.ac

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Viriya Hantrakun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Gumphol Wongsuvan

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Melioidosis Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Prapit Teparrakkul

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Department, Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

T. Eoin West

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

David P. AuCoin

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Nicholas P. J. Day

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

Paul J. Brett

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Mary N. Burtnick

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Narisara Chantratitra

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Direk Limmathurotsakul

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.