About the Authors
- Alireza Saeidi
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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
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Rami Al-Batran
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Haider A. Al-Darraji
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Hong Y. Tan
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Yean K. Yong
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sasheela Ponnampalavanar
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Muttiah Barathan
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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
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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
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Vijayakumar Velu
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory Vaccine Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, United States of America
- Adeeba Kamarulzaman
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Affiliation Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Marie Larsson
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Affiliation Molekylär Virologi, Institutionen för Klinisk Och Experimentell Medicin, Linköpings Universitet, 581 85 Linköping, Sweden
- Esaki M. Shankar
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* E-mail: 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.