About the Authors

Ahmed Kandeil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mokhtar R. Gomaa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed El Taweel

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed Mostafa

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mahmoud Shehata

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed E. Kayed

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Omnia Kutkat

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Yassmin Moatasim

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Sara H. Mahmoud

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mina Nabil Kamel

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Noura M. Abo Shama

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mohamed El Sayes

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Rabeh El-Shesheny

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Mahmoud A. Yassien

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Biological Sector, Egyptian Drug Authority, Cairo, Egypt

Richard J. Webby

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Ghazi Kayali

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ghazi@human-link.org (GK); mohamedahmedali2004@yahoo.com (MAA)

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Human Link, Hazmieh, Baabda, Lebanon

Mohamed A. Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ghazi@human-link.org (GK); mohamedahmedali2004@yahoo.com (MAA)

Affiliation Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.