About the Authors

Nadim Sharif

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Khalid J. Alzahrani

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Shamsun Nahar Ahmed

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Afsana Khan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hamsa Jameel Banjer

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Fuad M. Alzahrani

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Anowar Khasru Parvez

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shuvra Kanti Dey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

shuvradey@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.