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.AY, NK, MA, WS, MH, and AN did not agree with the retraction. ZFR, HASA, KAM, TSA, SA, and SHQ either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Anum Yousaf; Noreen Khalid; Muhammad Aqeel; Zarrin Fatima Rizvi; Haifa A S Alhaithloul; Wajiha Sarfraz; Khalid Al Mutairi; Tasahil S Albishi; Saad Alamri; Mohamed Hashem; Ali Noman; Sameer H Qari Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-05-27 Impact factor: 3.752