The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer review. We regret that the issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.ZAD, SAD, SL, AI, SHW, MB, and MJA did not agree with the retraction. JAK, AAL, BAL, RHK, JR, SA, and SAA either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Zahoor A Dar; Showket A Dar; Jameel A Khan; Ajaz A Lone; Sapna Langyan; B A Lone; R H Kanth; Asif Iqbal; Jagdish Rane; Shabir H Wani; Saleh Alfarraj; Sulaiman Ali Alharbi; Marian Brestic; Mohammad Javed Ansari Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-07-27 Impact factor: 3.752