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.FF, DI, RU, HD, and SK did not agree with the retraction. JD responded but expressed neither agreement nor disagreement with the editorial decision. NR, ZH, MN, SI, SMAB, MSA, and MSE either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Fatima Farooq; Nabila Rashid; Danish Ibrar; Zuhair Hasnain; Rehmat Ullah; Muhammad Nawaz; Sohail Irshad; Shahzad M A Basra; Mona S Alwahibi; Mohamed S Elshikh; Helena Dvorackova; Jan Dvoracek; Shahbaz Khan Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-02-22 Impact factor: 3.752