1 Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research Department, Pasteur Institute of IranTehran, Iran.
2 Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of IranTehran, Iran.
3 Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityTehran, Iran.
4 Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehran, Iran.
5 Experimental Therapy Unit, Laboratory of Oncology, G.Gaslini Children's HospitalGenoa, Italy.
6 Laboratory affiliated to Instituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy.