About the Authors

Waraporn Noikong

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Program of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Phitsanulok Province, Phitsanulok, Thailand

Chalobol Wongsawad

cwongsawad@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Applied Technology in Biodiversity Research Unit, Institute of Science and Technology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jong-Yil Chai

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

Supap Saenphet

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Alan Trudgett

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WN AT CW. Performed the experiments: WN AT SS JYC. Analyzed the data: WN AT CW SS JYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WN AT CW SS JYC. Wrote the paper: WN AT CW SS JYC.