About the Authors

Amornrat Anuwatnonthakate

Affiliation Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Pranom Limsomboon

Affiliation Phuket Provincial Public Health Office, Phuket, Thailand

Sriprapa Nateniyom

Affiliation Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Wanpen Wattanaamornkiat

Affiliation Office of Disease Prevention and Control 7, Ubon-ratchathani, Thailand

Sittijate Komsakorn

Affiliation Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Saiyud Moolphate

Affiliation Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan

Navarat Chiengsorn

Affiliation Bangkok Metropolitan Health Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

Samroui Kaewsa-ard

Affiliation Bamrasnaradura Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Potjaman Sombat

Affiliation Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Umaporn Siangphoe

Affiliation Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Philip A. Mock

Affiliation Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Jay K. Varma

jvarma@cdc.gov

Affiliations Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA PL SN WW SK SM JKV. Performed the experiments: AA PL SN WW SK SM NC SKa PS JKV. Analyzed the data: AA PL SN WW SK SM NC SKa PS US PM JKV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA PS US PM JKV. Wrote the paper: AA JKV.