About the Authors

Su May Liew

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

su_mayliew@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ee Ming Khoo

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bee Kiau Ho

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanik, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 42000 Klang, Malaysia

Yew Kong Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mimi Omar

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Kelana Jaya, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Vickneswari Ayadurai

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Taman Medan, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Mimi Omar, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Fazlina Mohamed Yusoff

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Seksyen 19 Shah Alam, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 40300 Shah Alam, Malaysia

Zailiza Suli

Affiliation Vector-Borne Disease Sector, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 62590 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Rose Nani Mudin

Affiliation Vector-Borne Disease Sector, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 62590 Putrajaya, Malaysia

Pik Pin Goh

Affiliation National Clinical Research Center, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Karuthan Chinna

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SML EMK BKH YKL MO VA FMY KC. Performed the experiments: SML EMK BKH YKL MO VA FMY KC. Analyzed the data: SML EMK BKH YKL MO VA FMY PPG KC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS RNM PPG. Wrote the paper: SML EMK BKH YKL MO VA FMY PPG KC.