About the Authors

Patcharaporn Tippayawat

Affiliation The Centre for Research & Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Wipawee Saenwongsa

Affiliation The Centre for Research & Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Jirawan Mahawantung

Affiliation The Centre for Research & Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Duangchan Suwannasaen

Affiliation The Centre for Research & Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Ploenchan Chetchotisakd

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Direk Limmathurotsakul

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

Sharon J. Peacock

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

Philip L. Felgner

Affiliation Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Helen S. Atkins

Affiliation Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, United Kingdom

Richard W. Titball

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Gregory J. Bancroft

Affiliation Immunology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai

ganja_le@kku.ac.th

Affiliation The Centre for Research & Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLF RWT GJB GL. Performed the experiments: PT WS JM DS. Analyzed the data: PT WS JM DS GJB GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC DL SJP PLF HSA RWT GL. Wrote the paper: PT GJB GL.