About the Authors

Peter Seah Keng Tok

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

petertok.crc@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bandar Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Su May Liew

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Li Ping Wong

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asmah Razali

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sector of TB/Leprosy, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Federal Government Administration Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Tharani Loganathan

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Karuthan Chinna

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Nurhuda Ismail

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Naim Abdul Kadir

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sector of TB/Leprosy, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Federal Government Administration Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.