About the Authors

NMN NikNadia

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

I-Ching Sam

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Sanjay Rampal

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Julius Centre University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

WMZ WanNorAmalina

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Ghazali NurAtifah

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Khebir Verasahib

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Selangor, Malaysia

Chia Ching Ong

Affiliation Kepong Health Office, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MohdAidinniza MohdAdib

Affiliation Zoonosis Sector, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Yoke Fun Chan

chanyf@um.edu.my; chanyf@ummc.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN ICS YFC. Performed the experiments: NN WW GN. Analyzed the data: NN ICS SR YFC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ICS YFC KV CCO MM. Wrote the paper: NN ICS SR YFC. Collated surveillance data: KV CCO MM.