aDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun

bDepartment of Microbiology, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar

cDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Malayer Branch, Malayer

dInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center

eImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz

fIran National Elite Foundation, Tehran, Iran.

Correspondence to Abolfazl Jafari-Sales, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran. Tel: +989144791634; fax: +984142274746; e-mail: [email protected] and Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Assistant Professor, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Tel: +984133364661; fax: +984133364661; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 7 February, 2021

Revised 22 September, 2022

Accepted 13 October, 2022