About the Authors

Amr A. A. Gamil

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 8146, Dep. 0033 Oslo, Norway

Øystein Evensen

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 8146, Dep. 0033 Oslo, Norway

Stephen Mutoloki

stephen.mutoloki@nmbu.no

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 8146, Dep. 0033 Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAAG ØE SM. Performed the experiments: AAAG. Analyzed the data: AAAG ØE SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ØE. Wrote the paper: AAAG ØE SM.