About the Authors

Neda Moazzezy

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

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Reza Asadi Karam

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Sima Rafati

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunotherapy and Leishmania Vaccine Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Saeid Bouzari

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

saeidbouzari@yahoo.com (SB); manaoloomi@yahoo.com (MO)

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Mana Oloomi

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

saeidbouzari@yahoo.com (SB); manaoloomi@yahoo.com (MO)

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.