About the Authors

Ali Salami

Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Salami, Hisham F. Bahmad

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

salami.ali@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences (V), Lebanese University, Nabatieh, Lebanon

Hisham F. Bahmad

Contributed equally to this work with: Ali Salami, Hisham F. Bahmad

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Ghassan Ghssein

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences (V), Lebanese University, Nabatieh, Lebanon

Lamis Salloum

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Pediatrics Department, Ragheb Harb Hospital, Iranian Red Crescent, Toul, Lebanon

Hadi Fakih

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pediatrics Department, Ragheb Harb Hospital, Iranian Red Crescent, Toul, Lebanon, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.