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.AH, MA, MY, MWA, HMZUG, and PV did not agree with the retraction. ZA, NAR, AR, SS, NL, KF, KT, SJ, SHS, and MJA either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Akhtar Hameed; Muhammad Atiq; Zaheer Ahmed; Nasir Ahmed Rajput; Muhammad Younas; Abdul Rehman; Muhammad Waqar Alam; Sohaib Sarfaraz; Nadia Liaqat; Kaneez Fatima; Komal Tariq; Sahar Jameel; Hafiz Muhammad Zia Ullah Ghazali; Pavla Vachova; Saleh H Salmen; Mohammad Javed Ansari Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-04-05 Impact factor: 3.752