About the Authors

Kaneez Fatima

Affiliation IQ Institute of Infection and Immunity, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Shilu Mathew

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohd Suhail

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ashraf Ali

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ghazi Damanhouri

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Esam Azhar

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ishtiaq Qadri

ishtiaq80262@yahoo.com

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IQ. Performed the experiments: KF. Analyzed the data: KF IQ SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF IQ. Wrote the paper: KF SM IQ. Proof reading of the manuscript: MS SM AA GD EA.