About the Authors

Kuan-Meng Soo

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

Bahariah Khalid

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

Siew-Mooi Ching

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Hui-Yee Chee

cheehy@upm.edu.my

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: KMS. Wrote the paper: KMS. Read, provided feedback and approved the final manuscript: BK SMC HYC.