About the Authors

Vichet Phan

phanvichet@yahoo.com

Affiliation Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sopheak Thai

Affiliation Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Kimcheng Choun

Affiliation Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Lutgarde Lynen

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Johan van Griensven

Affiliations Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JvG. Performed the experiments: VP KC. Analyzed the data: JvG. Wrote the paper: VP KC LL ST JvG. Assistance in data interpretation: ST LL. Improvement of the intellectual concept of the paper: ST LL.