About the Authors

Basiru Aliyu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria

Yakubu Egigogo Raji

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Department of Pathology, Clinical Microbiology Unit College of Health Sciences Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Lapai Nigeria

Hui-Yee Chee

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Mui-Yun Wong

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Zamberi Bin Sekawi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

zamberi@upm.edu.my

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.