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.HM and KSB did not agree with the retraction. MAA, SH, HS, SAHN, MNS, SA, EAA, and RD either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
Authors: Hassan Mehmood; Muhammad Arif Ali; Saddam Hussain; Khurram Shehzad Baig; Haider Sultan; Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi; Muhammad Nadeem Shahid; Shamsher Ali; Eman A Alhomaidi; Rahul Datta Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-04-29 Impact factor: 3.752