About the Authors

Manop Pithukpakorn

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Ekkapong Roothumnong

Affiliations Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Nasikarn Angkasekwinai

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Bhoom Suktitipat

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Anunchai Assawamakin

Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Voravich Luangwedchakarn

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Pinklow Umrod

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Wanna Thongnoppakhun

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Suporn Foongladda

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Yupin Suputtamongkol

yupin.sup@mahidol.ac.th

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP BS AA VL WT YS. Performed the experiments: MP ER NA PU SF YS. Analyzed the data: MP NA ER AA BS WT YS. Wrote the paper: MP NA YS ER AA BS VL PU SF WT.