About the Authors

Noushin Saljoughian

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Tahereh Taheri

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Farnaz Zahedifard

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Yasaman Taslimi

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Doustdari

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Azam Bolhassani

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Delaram Doroud

Affiliation Department of Quality Control, Research and Production Complex, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Hiva Azizi

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Disease, CHUL Research Centre and Department of Microbiology, Infectious Disease and Immunology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Kazem Heidari

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Vasei

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Nabiollah Namvar Asl

Affiliation Department of Laboratory of Animal Sciences, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Barbara Papadopoulou

barbara.papadopoulou@crchul.ulaval.ca (BP); s_rafati@yahoo.com (SR)

Affiliation Research Centre in Infectious Disease, CHUL Research Centre and Department of Microbiology, Infectious Disease and Immunology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Sima Rafati

barbara.papadopoulou@crchul.ulaval.ca (BP); s_rafati@yahoo.com (SR)

Affiliation Molecular Immunology and Vaccine Research Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR BP. Performed the experiments: NS TT FZ YT FD AB. Analyzed the data: NS KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD MV HA NNA. Wrote the paper: NS SR BP.