The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1, 2] 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.HAR, HF, MAT, MH, MS, MYA, RAA, SAlamri, and SAtta either did not respond directly or could not be reached. MAB did not agree with the retraction.
Authors: Mussarat Shaheen; Hafiz Abdul Rauf; Muhammad Ahmed Taj; Muhammad Yousaf Ali; Muhammad Amjad Bashir; Sagheer Atta; Hasnain Farooq; Reem A Alajmi; Mohamed Hashem; Saad Alamri Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-07-27 Impact factor: 3.752
Authors: Mussarat Shaheen; Hafiz Abdul Rauf; Muhammad Ahmed Taj; Muhammad Yousaf Ali; Muhammad Amjad Bashir; Sagheer Atta; Hasnain Farooq; Reem A Alajmi; Mohamed Hashem; Saad Alamri Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-12-30 Impact factor: 3.752