Low levels of soluble DPP4 among Saudis may have constituted a risk factor for MERS endemicity

• Khaled R. Alkharsah ,

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

  * E-mail: kalkharsah@iau.edu.sa

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4641-2604

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• Salma Ali Aljaroodi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-2771

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• Jawad Ur Rahman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1564-1890

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• Awatif N. Alnafie,

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

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Reem Al Dossary,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Reem Y. Aljindan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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• Amani M. Alnimr,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-6002

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• Jamal Hussen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-005X

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