About the Authors

Omar B. Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

abuaglah1@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Health Research, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Atif H. Asghar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Health Research, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Majid Bamaga

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Health Research, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Fayez S. Bahwerth

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation King Faisal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Mutasim E. Ibrahim

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Microbiology Unit), College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.