About the Authors

Sirirat Likanonsakul

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Bussakorn Suntisuklappon

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Ravee Nitiyanontakij

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Wisit Prasithsirikul

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Emi E. Nakayama

Affiliation Department of Viral Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuo Shioda

shioda@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Viral Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Chariya Sangsajja

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL TS. Performed the experiments: BS RN EEN. Analyzed the data: SL TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WP CS. Wrote the paper: EEN TS.