Elgamri, Alya
Wasfi, Reham
Ahram, Mamoun
Mohammed, Zeinab
El-Rhazi, Karima
Abdelhafiz, Ahmed Samir
Silverman, Henry https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3320-4328
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fogarty International Center (R25TW007090)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2024
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 24 October 2025
Declarations
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: Approval of the study was obtained from the following institutional review boards of the following countries: Egypt (the University of Beni Suef, Jordan (Jordan University Hospital, Ref https://doi.org/10/2021/428); Jordan (Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, https://doi.org/10/2021/428, January 1, 2021); Morocco (Avis Du Comite D’Ethique Hospital-Universitaire D’Ethiquesc sous le N° 33/20) and FMBSUREC/07022021/Mohammed 2); Sudan (Ministry of Health - Khartoum State No: KMOH-REC-03.45.5) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine - HP-00094497.
: The authors report there are no competing financial or material interests to declare.
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