About the Authors

Chanmi Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Chanmi Kim, Iqra Latif

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Iqra Latif

Contributed equally to this work with: Chanmi Kim, Iqra Latif

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Durga P. Neupane

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Gi Young Lee

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Ryan S. Kwon

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Alia Batool

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Qasim Ahmed

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Usman Qamar

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

jeongmin.song@cornell.edu (JS); musmanqamar@gcuf.edu.pk (MUQ)

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Jeongmin Song

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

jeongmin.song@cornell.edu (JS); musmanqamar@gcuf.edu.pk (MUQ)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.