About the Authors

Porntip Pinlaor

Contributed equally to this work with: Porntip Pinlaor, Natthawut Kaewpitoon

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Natthawut Kaewpitoon

Contributed equally to this work with: Porntip Pinlaor, Natthawut Kaewpitoon

Current address: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ubon Rajathanee University, Warin Chamrap District, Ubonratchathani Province, Thailand

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

Thewarach Laha

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

Banchob Sripa

banchob@kku.ac.th (BS); mtmpjb@gwumc.edu (PJR)

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

Sasithorn Kaewkes

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

Maria E. Morales

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Victoria H. Mann

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Sandi K. Parriott

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Sutas Suttiprapa

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Mark W. Robinson

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Joyce To

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John P. Dalton

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alex Loukas

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Paul J. Brindley

banchob@kku.ac.th (BS); mtmpjb@gwumc.edu (PJR)

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, 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: PP TL BS SK MEM VHM JPD AL PJB. Performed the experiments: PP NK TL BS MEM VHM SKP MWR JT AL PJB. Analyzed the data: PP NK TL BS SK MEM VHM SKP SS MWR JPD AL PJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL BS SS MWR JT AL PJB. Wrote the paper: PP NK TL BS SS MWR AL PJB.