About the Authors

Mohammad Javad Nasiri

mj.nasiri@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hossein Dabiri

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Davood Darban-Sarokhalil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJN. Performed the experiments: MJN. Analyzed the data: MJN HD DDS AHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJN. Wrote the paper: MJN. Participated in data analysis and manuscript editing: HD DDS AHS.