About the Authors
- Phairote Teeranaipong
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Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sunee Sirivichayakul
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Suwanna Mekprasan
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Pirapon June Ohata
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Affiliation HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration, The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
- Anchalee Avihingsanon
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Affiliations Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration, The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
- Kiat Ruxrungtham
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Affiliations Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration, The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand
- Opass Putcharoen
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* E-mail: opassid@gmail.com
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Competing Interests
OP is the recipient of the Research Chair Grant, the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand. KR received the Senior Research Scholar from Thailand Research Fund (TRF). And he received honoraria or consultation fees from Merck, Roche, Jensen-Cilag, Tibotec, Mylan and GPO (Governmental pharmaceutical organization, Thailand). He has also participated in a company sponsored speaker’s bureau from Abbott, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Roche, Jensen-Cilag, GlaxoSmithKline, and GPO (Governmental pharmaceutical organization). The rest of the authors declare no conflict of interest This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AA KR OP. Performed the experiments: SS SM. Analyzed the data: PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS AA KR OP. Wrote the paper: PT PJO.