About the Authors

Josée Castonguay-Vanier

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Raphaëlle Klitting

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

Affiliation UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ–IRD 190 –Inserm 1207 –IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France

Onanong Sengvilaipaseuth

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

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

Géraldine Piorkowski

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ–IRD 190 –Inserm 1207 –IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France

Cécile Baronti

Roles Methodology

Affiliation UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ–IRD 190 –Inserm 1207 –IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France

Bountoy Sibounheuang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

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

Manivanh Vongsouvath

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

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

Anisone Chanthongthip

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

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

Soulignasack Thongpaseuth

Roles Investigation

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

Mayfong Mayxay

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Koukeo Phommasone

Roles Investigation, Resources

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

Phouvieng Douangdala

Roles Resources

Affiliation Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital, Luang Namtha, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR

Saythong Inthalath

Roles Resources

Affiliation Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital, Luang Namtha, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR

Phouthalavanh Souvannasing

Roles Resources

Affiliation Salavan Provincial Hospital, Sekong, Salavan Province, Lao PDR

Paul N. Newton

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Xavier de Lamballerie

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ–IRD 190 –Inserm 1207 –IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France

Audrey Dubot-Pérès

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

audrey@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, UMR "Unité des Virus Emergents" (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ–IRD 190 –Inserm 1207 –IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.