About the Authors

Tan Van Bui

Affiliations Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho, Vietnam

Christopher Leigh Blizzard

Leigh.Blizzard@utas.edu.au

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Khue Ngoc Luong

Affiliation Medical Services Administration, Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Ngoc Le Van Truong

Affiliation Medical Services Administration, Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Bao Quoc Tran

Affiliation Medical Services Administration, Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Petr Otahal

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Velandai Srikanth

Affiliations Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mark Raymond Nelson

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Thuy Bich Au

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Son Thai Ha

Affiliation Medical Services Administration, Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Hai Ngoc Phung

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Mai Hoang Tran

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Michele Callisaya

Affiliations Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Seana Gall

Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TVB CLB KNL BQT PO TBA STH HNP MHT MC. Analyzed the data: TVB CLB PO VS MRN SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TVB CLB KNL NLVT BQT PO VS MRN TBA STH HNP MHT MC SG. Wrote the paper: TVB CLB VS MRN SG. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: TVB CLB KNL NLVT BQT PO VS MRN TBA STH HNP MHT MC SG.