About the Authors

Romano Ngui

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yvonne Ai Lian Lim

limailian@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Liam Chong Kin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chow Sek Chuen

Affiliation School of Science, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Shukri Jaffar

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RN LCK SJ CSC YALL. Performed the experiments: RN SJ. Analyzed the data: RN SJ LCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN LCK SJ CSC YALL. Wrote the paper: RN LCK SJ CSC YALL.