About the Authors

Noraini Philip

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Sivan Padma Priya

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, RAK College of Dental Sciences, Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Ahmad Hussein Jumah Badawi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Hafidz Mohd Izhar

Roles Validation

Affiliation Comparative Medicine and Technology Unit, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Norhafizah Mohtarrudin

Roles Validation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Tengku Azmi Tengku Ibrahim

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Zamberi Sekawi

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Vasantha Kumari Neela

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

vasantha@upm.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.