About the Authors

Fatin Izzati Mohd Khari

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rina Karunakaran

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Roshalina Rosli

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sun Tee Tay

tayst@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK STT. Performed the experiments: FIMK RR. Analyzed the data: FIMK RK RR STT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK STT. Wrote the paper: FIMK RK STT.