1Blood Borne Infections Research Center, Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR), Razavi Khorasan Branch, Mashhad 91775-1376, Iran

2Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

For correspondence contact: Arash Khameneh Baheri at the above address, or email at [email protected].

(Manuscript accepted 30 August 2022)