About the Authors

Nonglak Laoprom

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center (LFCRC), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Paiboon Sithithaworn

paib_sit@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center (LFCRC), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Ross H. Andrews

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial Collage London, London, United Kingdom

Katsuhiko Ando

Affiliation Department of Medical Zoology, School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan

Thewarach Laha

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Sirawut Klinbunga

Affiliation National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathumthani, Thailand

Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial Collage London, London, United Kingdom

Trevor N. Petney

Affiliation Institute of Zoology 1: Ecology and Parasitology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS RHA TL. Performed the experiments: NL. Analyzed the data: NL PS RHA JPW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA SK. Wrote the paper: NL PS RHA JPW TNP.