Kittikraisak, Wanitchaya
Leepiyasakulchai, Chaniya
Saelee, Chutiphon
Tanathitikorn, Chuleekorn
Suttha, Patama
Punjasamanvong, Somsak
Piyaraj, Phunlerd
Wongrapee, Thanapat
Yoocharoen, Pornsak
Chottanapund, Suthat
Mott, Joshua A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Article History
Received: 6 March 2025
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 16 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) of Department of Disease Control of the Thai Ministry of Public Health and four participating hospitals (Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute; Phaholpolpayuhasena hospital; Phramongkutklao hospital [PMK], and Rayong hospital). The IRBs of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mahidol University relied on the determinations made by the PMK’s and MOPH’s IRBs, respectively. All participants provided written informed consent to participate.