About the Authors

Daniel A. Henk

d.henk@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

Revital Shahar-Golan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

Khuraijam Ranjana Devi

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur, India

Kylie J. Boyce

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Nengyong Zhan

Affiliation The Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China

Natalie D. Fedorova

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

William C. Nierman

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Po-Ren Hsueh

Affiliation Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Kwok-Yung Yuen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Tran P. M. Sieu

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

Nguyen Van Kinh

Affiliation National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Heiman Wertheim

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Viet Nam National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Stephen G. Baker

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme Viet Nam Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Jeremy N. Day

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme Viet Nam Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Nongnuch Vanittanakom

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

Elaine M. Bignell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Alex Andrianopoulos

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Matthew C. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAH MCF. Performed the experiments: DAH RS-G KRD KJB NDF SGB. Analyzed the data: DAH RS-G KRD KJB MCF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAH KJB NZ NDF WCN P-RH K-YY TPMS NVK HW SGB JND NV EMB AA MCF. Wrote the paper: DAH MCF.