About the Authors

Asma Iqbal

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Canada, Banting Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Yvonne A. L. Lim

[email protected]

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

Johari Surin

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

Benedict L. H. Sim

Affiliation Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Sungai Buloh, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AI JS YALL. Performed the experiments: AI. Analyzed the data: AI YALL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI JS BLH YALL. Wrote the paper: AI YALL.