About the Authors

Shahzad Shaukat

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mehar Angez

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Masroor Alam

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Salmaan Sharif

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Adnan Khurshid

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Farzana Malik

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Lubna Rehman

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

sohailz@live.com

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ S. Shaukat MMA. Performed the experiments: S. Shaukat MA S. Sharif AK. Analyzed the data: S. Shaukat MMA FM LR. Wrote the paper: SZ S. Shaukat.