About the Authors
- Uzma Bashir Aamir
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nazish Badar
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Muhammad Rashid Mehmood
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nadia Nisar
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Rana Muhammad Suleman
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Shehzad Shaukat
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Salman Sharif
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Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Jaleel Kamran
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi
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* E-mail: sohail.zaidi56@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Birjees Mazher Kazi
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Larisa Gubareva
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Xiyan Xu
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Rebecca Garten
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Alexander Klimov
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Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BMK SZZ UBA RG. Performed the experiments: UBA NB LG RG RMS S. Shaukat S. Sharif. Analyzed the data: UBA NN S. Sharif RG XX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK SZZ. Wrote the paper: UBA SZZ. Collected epidemiological data and samples: MRM JK.