About the Authors

Christina Sunyoung Kim

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis (Southeast Asian Liver Fluke Disease), Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Pierre Echaubard

banchob@kku.ac.th (BS); pierre.echaubard@globalhealthasia.org (PE)

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis (Southeast Asian Liver Fluke Disease), Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Global Health Asia, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Apiporn Suwannatrai

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

Sasithorn Kaewkes

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

Bruce A. Wilcox

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis (Southeast Asian Liver Fluke Disease), Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Global Health Asia, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Banchob Sripa

banchob@kku.ac.th (BS); pierre.echaubard@globalhealthasia.org (PE)

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Opisthorchiasis (Southeast Asian Liver Fluke Disease), Tropical Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSK SK BW BS. Performed the experiments: CSK SK BS. Analyzed the data: CSK PE AS BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS. Wrote the paper: CSK PE AS BW BS.