About the Authors

Khulah Sadia

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mbah Ntepe Leonel Javeres

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Medical Research and Medical Plants Studies, Yaounde, Cameroon

Faheem Tahir

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Tahir Abbas Shah

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Rabia Habib

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Zahid Muneer

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sabir Hussain

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Muhammad Nurulain

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

syed.nurulain@comsats.edu.pk

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.