About the Authors

M. Y. Areeshi

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Raju K. Mandal

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Aditya K. Panda

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Shafiul Haque

shafiul.haque@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MYA RKM SH. Performed the experiments: AKP MYA. Analyzed the data: RKM AKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH AKP RKM. Wrote the paper: SH RKM.