About the Authors

Benjawan Khuntirat

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

In-Kyu Yoon

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Malinee Chittaganpitch

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Whitney S. Krueger

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Krongkaew Supawat

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Patrick J. Blair

Affiliation Naval Medical Research Center - Asia, Singapore, Singapore

Shannon D. Putnam

Affiliation Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert V. Gibbons

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Darunee Buddhari

Affiliation Department of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Pathom Sawanpanyalert

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Gary L. Heil

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

John A. Friary

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Gregory C. Gray

gcgray2@gmail.com

Current address: Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Infectious Diseases, and Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IKY PJB SDP RVG GCG . Performed the experiments: BK IKY MC KS DB PS GLH. Analyzed the data: BK IKY WSK JAF. Wrote the paper: BK IKY WSK GCG.