About the Authors

Linda Dunford

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Michael J. Carr

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Jonathan Dean

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Linh Thuy Nguyen

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Thu Hong Ta Thi

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Binh Thanh Nguyen

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Jeff Connell

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Suzie Coughlan

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Hien Tran Nguyen

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

William W. Hall

lananh_2003@yahoo.com (LANT); william.hall@ucd.ie (WWH)

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Lan Anh Nguyen Thi

lananh_2003@yahoo.com (LANT); william.hall@ucd.ie (WWH)

Affiliations Ireland Viet Nam Blood-Borne Virus Initiative (IVVI), Dublin, Ireland and Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD MJC HTN WWH LANT. Performed the experiments: LD MJC JD LTN THTT BN. Analyzed the data: LD MJC JD JC SC WWH LANT. Wrote the paper: LD MJC JC SC WWH LANT.