About the Authors

Meng L. Wong

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tock H. Chua

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sabah Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Cherng S. Leong

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Loke T. Khaw

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kimberly Fornace

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Wan-Yusoff Wan-Sulaiman

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Timothy William

Affiliation Jesselton Medical Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Chris Drakeley

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Heather M. Ferguson

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Indra Vythilingam

indra.vythilingam@gmail.com

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IV CD HMF THC TW. Performed the experiments: IV MLW THC CSL LTK KF WYWS. Analyzed the data: MLW THC HMF IV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW. Wrote the paper: IV HMF THC MLW KF CD.