About the Authors

Ramapraba Appanna

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

Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lucy Lum Chai See

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

Shamala Devi Sekaran

shamalamy@yahoo.com

Affiliation 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: RA SDS. Performed the experiments: RA. Analyzed the data: RA SDS. Wrote the paper: RA SDS. Provided the clinical diagnosis data: SP LLCS.