About the Authors

Ammar Abou-Kandil

Affiliation Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Rachel Chamias

Affiliation Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Mahmoud Huleihel

Affiliation Department of Virology and Developmental Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

W. T. Godbey

Affiliation Laboratory for Gene Therapy and Cellular Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Mordechai Aboud

aboud@bgu.ac.il

Affiliation Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA-K RC MH WTG MA. Performed the experiments: AA-K RC. Analyzed the data: AA-K RC MH WTG MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH WTG MA. Wrote the paper: AA-K RC MH WTG MA. Writing the draft of the paper and preparing the initial form of the figures: AA-K RC.