About the Authors

Rozana El Eid

Contributed equally to this work with: Rozana El Eid, Fatima Allaw

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Fatima Allaw

Contributed equally to this work with: Rozana El Eid, Fatima Allaw

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Sara F. Haddad

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Souha S. Kanj

sk11@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.