About the Authors

Sayeh Ezzikouri

sayeh.ezzikouri@pasteur.ma (SE); Soumaya.benjelloun@pasteur.ma (SB)

Affiliation Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco

Rhimou Alaoui

Affiliation Service de Médecine B, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco

Khadija Rebbani

Affiliation Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco

Ikram Brahim

Affiliation Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco

Fatima-Zohra Fakhir

Affiliation Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco

Salwa Nadir

Affiliation Service de Médecine B, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco

Helmut Diepolder

Affiliation Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistrasse, München, Germany

Salim I. Khakoo

Affiliation University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, United Kingdom

Mark Thursz

Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Division of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Soumaya Benjelloun

sayeh.ezzikouri@pasteur.ma (SE); Soumaya.benjelloun@pasteur.ma (SB)

Affiliation Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE SB SIK. Performed the experiments: SE KR FZF IB. Analyzed the data: SE SB HD SIK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA SN. Wrote the paper: SE SB MT SIK.