aProfessor (Medical Laboratory Technology), Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka

bCollege of Medicine & Health Sciences, National University of Science & Technology, Oman

cKasturba Medical College Mangalore

dKasturba Medical College, Manipal

eProfessor (Microbiology), Director, MAHE-FAIMER Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

Correspondence to Dr Ciraj AM, Professor (Microbiology), Director, MAHE-FAIMER Institute, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, 576104, India. E-Mail: [email protected]

Received 16 September, 2022

Accepted 16 September, 2022