About the Authors
- Ahmad Bakur Mahmoud
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Affiliations College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Megan M. Tu
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Andrew Wight
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Haggag S. Zein
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Cairo University Research Park, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
- Mir Munir A. Rahim
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Seung-Hwan Lee
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Harman S. Sekhon
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Earl G. Brown
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Andrew P. Makrigiannis
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* E-mail: amakrigiannis@dal.ca
Current Address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ABM APM. Performed the experiments: ABM MMT AW MMAR. Analyzed the data: ABM HSS APM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HSZ SHL EGB. Wrote the paper: ABM MMAR AW. Supervised all aspects of the study: APM.