About the Authors

Piyanate Sunyakumthorn

Affiliations Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Daniel H. Paris

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Teik-Chye Chan

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Margaret Jones

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Alison Luce-Fedrow

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Suchismita Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Ju Jiang

Affiliation Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Tippawan Anantatat

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Gareth D. H. Turner

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas P. J. Day

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Allen L. Richards

Allen.Richards@med.navy.mil

Affiliations Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS DHP GDHT ALR. Performed the experiments: PS TCC MJ ALF SC JJ TA. Analyzed the data: PS DHP MJ TA GDHT ALR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHP TCC MJ ALF SC JJ NPPD GDHT ALR. Wrote the paper: PS DHP NPPD GDHT ALR.