About the Authors

Nawfal R. Hussein

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Zarrin Basharat

zarrin.iiui@gmail.com

Affiliation Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Lab, Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Ary H. Muhammed

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Samim A. Al-Dabbagh

Affiliation Department of Family & Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRH AHM. Performed the experiments: NRH AHM. Analyzed the data: ZB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NRH AHM SAA. Wrote the paper: ZB NRH.