About the Authors
- Thewarach Laha
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* E-mail: thewa_la@kku.ac.th
Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Alex Loukas
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Supatra Wattanasatitarpa
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Jenjira Somprakhon
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Nonglack Kewgrai
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Paiboon Sithithaworn
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Sasithorn Kaewkes
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Makedonka Mitreva
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Affiliation Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Paul J. Brindley
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Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AL PB TL. Performed the experiments: AL PB TL SW JS NK. Analyzed the data: MM AL PB TL SW JS NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL PB SK PS TL. Wrote the paper: MM AL PB TL. Carried out the molecular genetic experiments: TL. Carried out parasitological and molecular analyses including cloning and sequencing genomic fragments: SW JS NK. Participated in parasitological analyses including identification of the parasites as A. caninum: SK PS. Performed the homology modeling: AL TL. Participated in analysis of hookworm databases for bandit-like sequences and in the assembly of the contigs: MM.