About the Authors

Upsornsawan Itthitaetrakool

Affiliations Biomedical Science Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Porntip Pinlaor

porawa@kku.ac.th

Affiliations Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Somchai Pinlaor

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Chariya Chomvarin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Rungtiwa Dangtakot

Affiliations Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Science Program in Medical Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Apisit Chaidee

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Chotechana Wilailuckana

Affiliation Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Arunnee Sangka

Affiliation Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Aroonlug Lulitanond

Affiliation Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Puangrat Yongvanit

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand, Liver Fluke and Cholangiocarcinoma Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PP. Formal analysis: UI RD. Funding acquisition: PP. Investigation: UI. Methodology: UI RD AC. Project administration: PP. Resources: AL PY CC CW AS. Software: UI RD. Supervision: PP SP. Validation: UI. Visualization: UI. Writing – original draft: UI PP. Writing – review & editing: PP SP.