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.LA agreed with the retraction. MY, HZ, MWA, MNA, AMES, ATKZ, YL, and MA did not agree with the retraction. TL, WA, SH, TAH, AH, GAK, and MME either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Muhammad Younas; Huasong Zou; Tasmia Laraib; Waseem Abbas; Muhammad Waqar Akhtar; Muhammad Naveed Aslam; Luqman Amrao; Shoukat Hayat; Tariq Abdul Hamid; Akhtar Hameed; Ghalib Ayaz Kachelo; Mona M Elseehy; Ahmed M El-Shehawi; Ali Tan Kee Zuan; Yunzhou Li; Muhammad Arif Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-08-25 Impact factor: 3.752