1 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
2 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
6 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
7 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
8 Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Basic Sciences Research Institute, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
9 Department of Medicine, Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
10 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
11 School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
12 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.