About the Authors

Chanika Worasith

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Chompunoot Wangboon

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Biomedical Science Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Kunyarat Duenngai

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Science and Technology, Phetchabun Rajabhat University, Phetchabun, Thailand

Nadda Kiatsopit

Roles Data curation, Software, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Kulthida Kopolrat

Roles Resources, Validation, Visualization

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Anchalee Techasen

Roles Data curation, Resources, Visualization

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Jiraporn Sithithaworn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand

Narong Khuntikeo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Watcharin Loilome

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Nisana Namwat

Roles Methodology, Resources, Visualization

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Puangrat Yongvanit

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Elizabeth J. Carlton

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Paiboon Sithithaworn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

paib_sit@kku.ac.th

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.