About the Authors

Mokhtar R. Gomaa

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed Kandeil

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed S. Kayed

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mona A. Elabd

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Shaimaa A. Zaki

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Dina Abu Zeid

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Amira S. El Rifay

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Adel A. Mousa

Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of science, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Mohamed M. Farag

Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of science, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Pamela P. McKenzie

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard J. Webby

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Mohamed A. Ali

ghazi@human-link.org (GK); mohamedahmedali2004@yahoo.com (MAA)

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ghazi Kayali

ghazi@human-link.org (GK); mohamedahmedali2004@yahoo.com (MAA)

Affiliations St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human Link, Hazmieh, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRG AK AAM MMF PPM RJW MAA GK. Performed the experiments: MRG AK ASK MAE SAZ DAZ ASE. Analyzed the data: MRG GK. Wrote the paper: MRG AK PPM MAA GK.