Sheela B. Abraham:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-8625
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: Writing – original draft
Farah Al-Marzooq:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-6264
Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Lakshman Samaranayake: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Rifat Akram Hamoudi: Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – review & editing
Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Mohmed Isaqali Karobari: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
15
July
2024
Publication date Collection: 2024
Volume: 19
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0305537
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
[2
]
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
[3
]
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
[4
]
Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
[5
]
Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University
of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
[6
]
Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London, London,
United Kingdom
[7
]
ASPIRE Precision Medicine Research Institute Abu Dhabi, University of Sharjah, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates
[8
]
Department of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
[9
]
Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaya
University of Puthisastra, CAMBODIA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
‡ RAH, WHHA and HMAA also contributed equally to this work.
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PONE-D-24-04514
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305537
PMC ID: 11249272
PubMed ID: 39008450
SO-VID: 58326f5c-50b2-45ca-9722-bfa98e40c0d5
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Funded by:
Internal funding from Oral Microbiome group, College of Dental Medicine, University
of Sharjah
Award Recipient
:
Lakshman Samaranayake
Internal Funding from Oral microbiome group of College of Dental Medicine, University
of Sharjah, UAE The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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