About the Authors

Sandhya Dhawan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Sabine Dittrich

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Current address: European-Campus-Rottal-Inn, Deggendorf Institut of Technology, Pfarrkirchen, Germany

Affiliations FIND, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sonia Arafah

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation FIND, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland

Stefano Ongarello

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FIND, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland

Aurelian Mace

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Siribun Panapruksachat

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Latsaniphone Boutthasavong

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Aphaphone Adsamouth

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Soulignasak Thongpaseuth

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Viengmon Davong

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Manivanh Vongsouvath

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Elizabeth A. Ashley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Matthew T. Robinson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Stuart D. Blacksell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

stuart.blacksell@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Research Medicine Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Competing Interests

Funding for this work was provided to FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, by the I have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, supported Chembio both technically and financially during the development of the DPP 2 assay. MORU provided Chembio with essential reagents necessary for assay development. SDB serves as Section Editor in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editorial Board.