About the Authors
- Waqar Ahmed
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Contributed equally to this work with: Waqar Ahmed, Pretty S. Philip
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Alin, United Arab Emirates
- Pretty S. Philip
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Contributed equally to this work with: Waqar Ahmed, Pretty S. Philip
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Alin, United Arab Emirates
- Saeed Tariq
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Alin, United Arab Emirates
- Gulfaraz Khan
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* E-mail: g_khan@uaeu.ac.ae
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Alin, United Arab Emirates
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: G. Khan is on the Editorial Board of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GK. Performed the experiments: WA PSP ST. Analyzed the data: GK WA PSP ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK. Wrote the paper: GK WA.