About the Authors

Nitwara Wikan

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Prirayapak Sakoonwatanyoo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sukathida Ubol

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sutee Yoksan

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Duncan R. Smith

duncan_r_smith@hotmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW PS DRS. Performed the experiments: NW PS. Analyzed the data: NW DRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SU SY. Wrote the paper: NW DRS.