About the Authors

Apisit Chaidee

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Suppakrit Kongsintaweesuk

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Centre for Research and Development of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Biomedical Sciences Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Thatsanapong Pongking

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Keerapach Tunbenjasiri

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Aye Myat Mon

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Program, Graduate School, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Chawalit Pairojkul

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Pakornkiat Tanasuka

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Tullayakorn Plengsuriyakarn

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate Program in Bioclinical Sciences, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Pathumthani, Thailand

Kesara Na-Bangchang

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate Program in Bioclinical Sciences, Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Pathumthani, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of Malaria and Cholangiocarcinoma, Thammasat University (Rangsit Campus), Pathumthani, Thailand

Naruechar Charoenram

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

David Blair

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Somchai Pinlaor

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

psomec@kku.ac.th

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.