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.MBH, MMM, SI, and ZH either did not respond directly or could not be reached. SafdarB responded but expressed neither agreement nor disagreement with the editorial decision. AB, AMES, BSA, MSS, SaqibB, SK, and YL did not agree with the retraction.
Authors: Shahbaz Khan; Abdul Basit; Muhammad Bilal Hafeez; Sohail Irshad; Saqib Bashir; Safdar Bashir; Muhammad Mudassar Maqbool; Muhammad Sohail Saddiq; Zuhair Hasnain; Bandar S Aljuaid; Ahmed M El-Shehawi; Yunzhou Li Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-07-16 Impact factor: 3.752