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Esam I. Azhar, Email: eazhar@kau.edu.sa
S.A.E., V.M.C., C.D., A.Z. and E.I.A. conceptualization; S.A.E., A.M.H., M.M.E., N.A.O., A.M.T., T.A.A. methodology; S.A.E., M.M.E., A.M.H. and E.I.A. supervised the study; S.A.E., M.A., E.F., F.A.E., A.K., Z.A.M., A.Z. and E.I.A. visualization; S.A.E., M.M.E., A.M.H. data analysis; E.I.A. Fund Acquisition; S.A.E., A.Z. and E.I.A. writing the first draft; E.I.A., Facilities; All authors reviewed the manuscript.
The work was supported by the King Fahd Medical Research Center. Sir Prof Alimuddin Zumla, is co-Principal Investigator of the (PANDORA-ID-NET), the Pan-African Network for Rapid Research, Response, Relief and Preparedness for Infectious Disease Epidemics, supported by the EDCTP. He is in receipt of a UK National Institutes of Health Research, Senior Investigator Award and is a Mahathir Foundation Science Award laureate.
The authors declare no competing interests.
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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