About the Authors

Salmaan Sharif

Affiliations Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan, Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Bilal Haider Abbasi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Adnan Khurshid

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Masroor Alam

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Shahzad Shaukat

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mehar Angez

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Suleman Rana

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

zaidis@pak.emro.who.int

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Sharif BA SSZZ. Performed the experiments: S. Sharif AK MSR. Analyzed the data: S. Sharif S. Shaukat MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Sharif BA SSZZ. Wrote the paper: S. Sharif MMA SSZZ.