About the Authors
- Ashutosh Kumar
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Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Mohammad Majid
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Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Ralph Kunisch
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Pittu Sandhya Rani
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Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Insaf A. Qureshi
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- Astrid Lewin
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Seyed E. Hasnain
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Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Niyaz Ahmed
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* E-mail: ahmed.nizi@gmail.com
Affiliations Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Niyaz Ahmed is a Section Editor of PLoS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NA. Performed the experiments: AK MM RK IAQ PSR. Analyzed the data: NA AK AL SEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL SEH IAQ. Wrote the paper: NA AK AL.