About the Authors

Mokhtar R. Gomaa

Contributed equally to this work with: Mokhtar R. Gomaa, Amira S. El Rifay, Mahmoud Shehata

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

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

Amira S. El Rifay

Contributed equally to this work with: Mokhtar R. Gomaa, Amira S. El Rifay, Mahmoud Shehata

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

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

Mahmoud Shehata

Contributed equally to this work with: Mokhtar R. Gomaa, Amira S. El Rifay, Mahmoud Shehata

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ahmed Kandeil

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

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

Mina Nabil Kamel

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Mohamed A. Marouf

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Mohamed GabAllah

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ahmed El Taweel

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ahmed E. Kayed

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Omnia Kutkat

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Yassmin Moatasim

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Sara H. Mahmoud

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Noura M. Abo Shama

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Mohamed El Sayes

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Ahmed Mostafa

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Rabeh El-Shesheny

Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

Pamela P. McKenzie

Roles Conceptualization

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

Richard J. Webby

Roles Conceptualization

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, Project administration, 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, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed A. Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, 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.