About the Authors

Sirida Youngchim

syoungchim@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Affiliation Departments of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology/Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Soraya Pornsuwan

Affiliation Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Susumu Kajiwara

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Nongnuch Vanittanakom

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY JDN. Performed the experiments: SY. Analyzed the data: SY JDN SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK NV. Wrote the paper: SY JDN.