About the Authors

Alireza Saeidi

Affiliations Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vicky L. Tien Tien

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rami Al-Batran

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Haider A. Al-Darraji

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hong Y. Tan

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yean K. Yong

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muttiah Barathan

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Devi V. Rukumani

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abdul W. Ansari

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vijayakumar Velu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory Vaccine Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, United States of America

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Marie Larsson

Affiliation Molekylär Virologi, Institutionen för Klinisk Och Experimentell Medicin, Linköpings Universitet, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden

Esaki M. Shankar

shankarem@um.edu.my

Affiliations Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS VL MB EMS. Performed the experiments: AS VL MB EMS. Analyzed the data: AS VL RA EMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAA SP VDR HYT YYK AWA AK EMS. Wrote the paper: VV AK ML EMS. AS VL VV ML EMS.