aDepartment of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University

bDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran

cDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil

dBiotechnology and Biological Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

Correspondence to Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, MSc Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 9374301164; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 17 September, 2022

Revised 19 October, 2022

Accepted 28 October, 2022