About the Authors

Romano Ngui

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

Saidon Ishak

Affiliation Department of Orang Asli Affairs, Gombak Hospital, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chow Sek Chuen

Affiliation School of Science, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Rohela Mahmud

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

Yvonne A. L. Lim

limailian@um.edu.my

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: CSC RM YALL. Performed the experiments: RN SI. Analyzed the data: RN YALL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSC RM YALL. Wrote the paper: RN CSC YALL.