About the Authors

Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim

asa@tu.edu.sa; , asa@bsu.edu.eg

Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Mohammad S. Bamaga

Affiliation Al-Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Department of Molecular Pathology, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia

Gaber M. G. Shehab

Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Abdel-Aziz S. A. Abu-Elsaad

Affiliations College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Fayssal M. Farahat

Affiliations Postgraduate Training and Research Center, Armed Forces Hospitals, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASA-M MSB. Performed the experiments: ASA-M MSB GMGS A-ASAA-E FMF. Analyzed the data: ASA-M A-ASAA-E. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASA-M MSB. Wrote the paper: ASA-M.