aDepartment of Virology, School of Medicine

bDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, School of Allied Medical Sciences

cDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences

dDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran

eDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Noor Danesh University, Isfahan, Iran.

Correspondence to Seyed Jalal Kiani, Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 1449614535 Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 2186703007; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 23 August, 2022

Revised 14 December, 2022

Accepted 19 December, 2022