About the Authors

Fazel Isapanah Amlashi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Zahra Norouzi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Ahmad Sohrabi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran, Cancer Control Research Center, Cancer Control Foundation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hesamaddin Shirzad-Aski

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Shirzad_hessam@yahoo.com (HS-A); s_besharat_gp@yahoo.com (SB)

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Alireza Norouzi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Ali Ashkbari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Naghme Gilani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Seyed Alireza Fatemi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Sima Besharat

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Shirzad_hessam@yahoo.com (HS-A); s_besharat_gp@yahoo.com (SB)

Affiliations Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.