About the Authors

T. Gaythri

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

K. Suresh

suresh@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

B. Subha

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

R. Kalyani

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: TG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS BS. Wrote the paper: TG KS BS. Were involved in the intellectual planning of the experiment: TG KS BS. Analysed the molecular data: RK. Analysed the results: TG KS BS. Read and approved the final manuscript: TG KS BS RK.