1. Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3. Department of Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Sana’a University, Yemen
4. Medical Research Centre, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5. Department of Oral Health Sciences, Oral Microbiome Research Laboratory, Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
6. Department of Microbiology, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA