About the Authors

Darin Ruanpeng

Current address: Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Suwat Chariyalertsak

suwat@rihes.org

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Quanhathai Kaewpoowat

Affiliations Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Taweewat Supindham

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jongkolnee Settakorn

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Kornkanok Sukpan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Utaiwan Utaipat

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Toshiyuki Miura

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Natthapol Kosashunhanan

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Pongpun Saokhieo

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Radchanok Songsupa

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Antika Wongthanee

Affiliation Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC DR TS TM AW. Performed the experiments: SC DR TS JS KS UU NK PS RS. Analyzed the data: SC DR QK TS AW TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UU JS KS AW SC. Wrote the paper: DR SC QK TS TM AW.