About the Authors

Noorfatin Jihan Zulkefli

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

Cindy Shuan Ju Teh

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

cindysjteh@um.edu.my (CSJT); kumuthamalar@um.edu.my (KMV)

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

Vanitha Mariappan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre of Toxicology and Health Risk Studies (CORE), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Soo Tein Ngoi

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Jamuna Vadivelu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

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

Lay Ching Chai

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chun Wie Chong

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia, Institute for Research, Development & Innovation, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ivan Kok Seng Yap

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sarawak Research and Development Council, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Kumutha Malar Vellasamy

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

cindysjteh@um.edu.my (CSJT); kumuthamalar@um.edu.my (KMV)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.