About the Authors

Patchanee Chootong

pchooton@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Tasanee Panichakul

Affiliation Department of Science and Technology, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chongrak Permmongkol

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Samantha J. Barnes

Affiliation Department of Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Rachanee Udomsangpetch

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

John H. Adams

Affiliation Department of Global Health Infectious Disease Research Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC TP JHA. Performed the experiments: PC CP. Analyzed the data: PC SJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHA. Wrote the paper: PC JHA. Sample collection: RU.