About the Authors
- Iman F. Galal
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Affiliation Egyptian Company for Blood Transfusion Services (Egyblood)/VACSERA; Agouza, Giza, Egypt
- Zainab Zakaria
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Affiliation Egyptian Company for Blood Transfusion Services (Egyblood)/VACSERA; Agouza, Giza, Egypt
- Walaa R. Allam
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Affiliation Egyptian Company for Blood Transfusion Services (Egyblood)/VACSERA; Agouza, Giza, Egypt
- Mohamed A. Mahmoud
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, National Liver Institute, Menoufiya University, Menoufiya, Egypt
- Ahmed R. Ezzat
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
- Ahmed Osman
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo
- Imam Waked
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, National Liver Institute, Menoufiya University, Menoufiya, Egypt
- G. Thomas Strickland
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Sayed F. Abdelwahab
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* E-mail: sayed.awahab@mu.edu.eg
Affiliations Egyptian Company for Blood Transfusion Services (Egyblood)/VACSERA; Agouza, Giza, Egypt, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ARE AO IW GTS SFA. Performed the experiments: IFG ZZ WRA. Analyzed the data: IFG ZZ WRA ARE AO SFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IW GTS SFA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IFG MAM ARE AO IW GTS SFA. Enrollment of subjects and clinical examination: MAM IW.