About the Authors

Jesper Larsen

JRL@ssi.dk

Affiliation Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maho Imanishi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Soawapak Hinjoy

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Prasit Tharavichitkul

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Kwanjit Duangsong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Meghan F. Davis

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kenrad E. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Anders R. Larsen

Affiliation Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Robert L. Skov

Affiliation Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI SH PT MFD. Performed the experiments: JL PT KD. Analyzed the data: JL PT KD KEN ARL RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI PT KEN ARL RLS. Wrote the paper: JL.