Tan, Kim-Kee
Zulkifle, Nurul-Izzani
Sulaiman, Syuhaida
Pang, Sui-Ping
NorAmdan, NurAsyura
MatRahim, NorAziyah
Abd-Jamil, Juraina
Shu, Meng-Hooi
Mahadi, Nor Muhammad
AbuBakar, Sazaly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-1420
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (07-05-MGI-GMB015)
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (LRGS/TD/2011/UM/Penyakit Berjangkit)
Universiti Malaya (PS152/2008C)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2017
Accepted: 11 April 2018
First Online: 24 April 2018
Authors’ information
: SAB is a senior professor and Director of the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC) at University of Malaya. He is also the director the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference & Research (Dengue/Severe Dengue) at the University of Malaya. His research focus is on emerging infectious diseases particularly vector-borne and zoonotic diseases in the tropics. KKT is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Medical Microbiology and researcher with the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre (TIDREC) at University of Malaya. Her research interest is in evolutionary genomics of infectious diseases.
: The use of the data and virus isolates in this study were approved by the Medical Ethic Committee of the UMMC with MEC Ref No of 806.23 and 806.24.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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