About the Authors

Thuong V. Nguyen

Contributed equally to this work with: Thuong V. Nguyen, Quang D. Pham

nguyenthuong@yahoo.com, nvthuong@pasteurhcm.gov.vn

Affiliation Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Quang D. Pham

Contributed equally to this work with: Thuong V. Nguyen, Quang D. Pham

Affiliation Department for Disease Control and Prevention, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Quoc K. Do

Affiliation Department for Disease Control and Prevention, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tai T. Diep

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hung C. Phan

Affiliation Department for Disease Control and Prevention, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Thang V. Ho

Affiliation Department for Disease Control and Prevention, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hong T. Do

Affiliation Ben Tre Preventive Health Centre, Ben Tre, Vietnam

Lan T. Phan

Affiliation Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Huu N. Tran

Affiliation Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TVN QDP HNT. Data curation: QDP. Formal analysis: QDP TVN QKD. Funding acquisition: HNT LTP. Investigation: TVN QDP QKD HCP TVH HTD HNT. Methodology: TVN QDP TTD. Project administration: HNT LTP. Resources: QDP TTD. Supervision: TVN. Validation: TVN QDP QKD TVH. Visualization: QDP. Writing – original draft: QDP TVN. Writing – review & editing: TVN QDP TTD LTP HNT.