About the Authors

Chau Bich Nguyen Tran

chautnb@oucru.org

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Hieu Trong Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Hung Vuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Ha Thanh Thi Phan

Affiliation District 8 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Ngoc Van Tran

Affiliation Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Bridget Wills

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jeremy Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Joseph D. Santangelo

Affiliation Inviragen Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore

Cameron P. Simmons

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

One of the authors (JDS) is employed by Inviragen Ltd, a vaccine development company. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPS JDS JF BW. Performed the experiments: CBNT. Analyzed the data: CBNT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDS CPS. Wrote the paper: CBNT CPS. Contributed to patient recruitment: HTN HTTP NVT.