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AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS
Eman Abd-El Monum Shosha, Ibrahim Eldaghayes, Ali Mahmoud Zanaty, Rania M. Elbatawy, Sara Abdelnaser, and Ahmed Fotouh · about 2 minutes
EAMS: Conceived and designed the study, collected and processed the samples, performed the virological experiments, analyzed the data, drafted the manuscript, and reviewed the final version. AMZ: Performed the phylogenetic analysis and contributed to data interpretation. AF and RME: Conducted the histopathological examinations and interpreted the pathological findings. SA: Participated in the virological laboratory experiments. IE: Participated in virological laboratory experiments, contributed to study supervision, data interpretation, and critical revision of the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.