About the Authors

Prasert Saichua

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Paiboon Sithithaworn

paib_sit@kku.ac.th (P. Sithithaworn); jbethony@gwu.edu (J.M. Bethony)

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

Amar R. Jariwala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine and Center for the Neglected Diseases of Poverty, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

David J. Deimert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine and Center for the Neglected Diseases of Poverty, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jiraporn Sithithaworn

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Banchob Sripa

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

Thewarach Laha

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

Eimorn Mairiang

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

Chawalit Pairojkul

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

Maria Victoria Periago

Affiliation Insituto René Rachou, Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Molecular, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Narong Khuntikeo

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

Jason Mulvenna

Affiliation Infections and Cancer, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Queensland, Australia

Jeffrey M. Bethony

paib_sit@kku.ac.th (P. Sithithaworn); jbethony@gwu.edu (J.M. Bethony)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine and Center for the Neglected Diseases of Poverty, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: P. Saichua, P. Sithithaworn, A.R. Jariwala, J. Sithithaworn, B. Sripa, E. Miarang, J.M. Bethony. Performed the experiments: P. Saichua, A.R. Jariwala, J. Sithithaworn, E. Mairiang, C. Pairojkul, N. Khuntikeo, J. Mulvenna, J.M. Bethony. Analyzed the data: P. Saichua, P. Sithithaworn, A.R. Jariwala, D.J. Deimert, J. Sithithaworn, B. Sripa, E. Mairiang, J. Mulvenna, J.M. Bethony. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: P. Saichua, P. Sithithaworn, A.R. Jariwala, B. Sripa, E. Mairiang, C. Pairojkul, T. Laha, J. Mulevenna, C. Pairojkul, N. Khuntikeo, J.M. Bethony. Wrote the paper: P. Saichua, P. Sithithaworn, D.J. Deimert, B. Sripa, M.V. Periago, T. Laha, J. Mulvenna, J.M. Bethony.