About the Authors

Sana Waqar

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Microbiology and Public Health Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Aamira Tariq

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

atsuper5@gmail.com

Affiliation Microbiology and Public Health Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ubaid ullah

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Microbiology and Public Health Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Hira Haleem

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Microbiology and Public Health Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Hadiqa Aimen

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Microbiology and Public Health Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sadia Sattar

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Virology Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Nazish Bostan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Virology Labs, Department of Biosciences, Comsats University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.