Updates are available Correction dated 2023-10-25
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Authors
Mahendran, Punitha
Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent
Amir, Amirah
Ching, Xiao-Teng
Lau, Yee-Ling
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Long Term Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Education Malaysia (LR002D-2018)
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Article History
Received: 24 September 2019
Accepted: 4 July 2020
First Online: 10 July 2020
Change Date: 27 October 2023
Change Type: Update
Change Details: This article has been corrected since original publication; please see the linked erratum for further details.
Change Date: 25 October 2023
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04733-w
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals for the use of human blood samples in this study were granted by the University of Malaya Medical Centre Ethic Committee and (MEC No. 817.18). Informed verbal consent from the patient was obtained for use of the samples for diagnosis and research. Written consent was found to be unnecessary as verbal consent would be sufficient for the purpose of this study and patient details were noted down solely for record keeping. This consent procedure was approved by the University of Malaya Medical Centre Ethic Committee.
: This manuscript does not contain any individualized data. The confidentiality of the patients’ records has been observed according to ethical regulations.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
