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.AMAS agreed with the retraction. MFA, SB, AUD, MR, SSA, AMES, YL, ATKZ, and MJA did not agree with the retraction. SK, SM, NU, and KZ either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Muhammad Fahim Abbas; Sana Batool; Sobia Khaliq; Sidra Mubeen; Naseeb Ullah; Khalida Zafar; Muhammad Rafiq; Abdullah M Al-Sadi; Saqer S Alotaibi; Ahmed M El-Shehawi; Yunzhou Li; Ali Tan Kee Zuan; Mohammad Javed Ansari Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-10-14 Impact factor: 3.752