About the Authors

Vinod R. M. T. Balasubramaniam

Affiliation Virus-Host Interaction Group, Infectious Disease Laboratory (MR3), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor, Malaysia

Tham Hong Wai

Affiliation Virus-Host Interaction Group, Infectious Disease Laboratory (MR3), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor, Malaysia

Bimo Ario Tejo

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abdul Rahman Omar

Affiliation Institute of Bioscience, University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Sharifah Syed Hassan

sharifah.syedhassan@med.monash.edu.my

Affiliation Virus-Host Interaction Group, Infectious Disease Laboratory (MR3), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRMTB SSH. Performed the experiments: VRMTB BAT THW. Analyzed the data: SSH ARO VRMTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAT ARO SSH. Wrote the paper: VRMTB.