Mahlase, Gethwana https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8043-6766
Govender, Eliza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0937-9438
Mohan, Jivanka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-5099
Abdool Karim, Quarraisha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0985-477X
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Article History
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
:
: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare.
: The study was undertaken with ethical oversight from the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (BREC/00002680/2021). All study participants provided written informed consent prior to the initiation of the study procedures.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.