About the Authors

Hoi-Sen Yong

yong@um.edu.my (H-SY); looi511@hotmail.com (S-LS); phaikeem@um.edu.my (P-EL)

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Chancellory High Impact Research, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sze-Looi Song

yong@um.edu.my (H-SY); looi511@hotmail.com (S-LS); phaikeem@um.edu.my (P-EL)

Affiliation Chancellory High Impact Research, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Phaik-Eem Lim

yong@um.edu.my (H-SY); looi511@hotmail.com (S-LS); phaikeem@um.edu.my (P-EL)

Affiliation Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Praphathip Eamsobhana

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

I. Wayan Suana

Affiliation Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Mataram University, Mataram, Indonesia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H-SY S-LS. Performed the experiments: S-LS H-SY. Analyzed the data: S-LS H-SY P-EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H-SY P-EL S-LS PE IWS. Wrote the paper: H-SY S-LS P-EL.