About the Authors

Ziauddin Khan

zkhan@hsc.edu.kw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Suhail Ahmad

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Leena Joseph

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Rachel Chandy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZK. Performed the experiments: LJ RC. Analyzed the data: ZK SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZK SA. Wrote the paper: ZK SA.