About the Authors

I-Ching Sam

jicsam@ummc.edu.my

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shih-Keng Loong

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jasmine Chandramathi Michael

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chong-Long Chua

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wan Yusoff Wan Sulaiman

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Indra Vythilingam

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shie-Yien Chan

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chun-Wei Chiam

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yze-Shiuan Yeong

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sazaly AbuBakar

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yoke-Fun Chan

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFC ICS WYWS IV SA. Performed the experiments: SKL JCM CLC WYWS IV SYC CWC YSY. Analyzed the data: YFC ICS JCM CLC SKL SYC CWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ICS YFC WYWS IV. Wrote the paper: ICS YFC SKL SYC.