About the Authors

Adeline S. L. Yeo

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

Nur Atiqah Azhar

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Wanyi Yeow

Affiliation Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

C. Conover Talbot Jr

Affiliation Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammad Asif Khan

Affiliations Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine & Centre for Bioinformatics, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Esaki M. Shankar

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

Anusyah Rathakrishnan

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

Azliyati Azizan

Affiliation Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Seok Mui Wang

Affiliation Institute for Medical Molecular Biotechnology, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Siew Kim Lee

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

Mun Yik Fong

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

Rishya Manikam

Affiliation Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shamala Devi Sekaran

shamala@ummc.edu.my

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Corresponding author was sponsored by University Malaya to attend AAI meeting.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDS RM ASLY. Performed the experiments: ASLY AR SKL SMW. Analyzed the data: NAA WY MAK AA CCT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDS MAK MYF. Wrote the paper: SDS ASLY AA RM EMS.