About the Authors

Afsheen Raza

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Najia K. Ghanchi

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Ali bin Sarwar Zubairi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Ahmed Raheem

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Sobia Nizami

Affiliation Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Mohammad Asim Beg

masim.beg@aku.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB A. Raza AZ. Performed the experiments: A. Raza. Analyzed the data: MAB AZ A. Raza NKG SN A. Raheem. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Raza NKG A. Raheem. Wrote the manuscript: A. Raza.