Tan, Kim-Kee
Azizan, Noor Syahida
Yaacob, Che Norainon
Che Mat Seri, Nurul Asma Anati
Samsudin, Nur Izyan
Teoh, Boon-Teong
Sam, Sing-Sin
AbuBakar, Sazaly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-1420
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union FP7 (282589)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2017
Accepted: 26 March 2018
First Online: 11 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 infectious diseases.
: The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) with MEC Ref No of 908.11. Written consents have been obtained from all participants who took part in the study.
: All authors have agreed to submissionof this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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