About the Authors

Xinsheng Teh

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

Yalda Khosravi

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

Woon Ching Lee

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

Alex Hwong Ruey Leow

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mun Fai Loke

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

Jamuna Vadivelu

jamuna@ummc.edu.my

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

Khean Lee Goh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XT MFL JV KLG. Performed the experiments: XT. Analyzed the data: XT MFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XT YK AHRL. Wrote the paper: XT WCL MFL. Supervised the experiment: WCL MFL JV KLG.