About the Authors

Whitney S. Krueger

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Benjawan Khuntirat

Affiliation US Army Medical Component - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

In-Kyu Yoon

Affiliation US Army Medical Component - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Patrick J. Blair

Affiliation Naval Medical Research Unit 2 and Office of Defense Cooperation, Singapore

Malinee Chittagarnpitch

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Shannon D. Putnam

Affiliation Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Krongkaew Supawat

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Robert V. Gibbons

Affiliation US Army Medical Component - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Darunee Bhuddari

Affiliation US Army Medical Component - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Sirima Pattamadilok

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Pathom Sawanpanyalert

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Gary L. Heil

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Gregory C. Gray

gcgray@phhp.ufl.edu

Affiliation College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IKY PJB SDP RVG GCG. Performed the experiments: BK IKY MC KS DB SP PS GLH. Analyzed the data: WSK BK. Wrote the paper: WSK BK IKY GCG.