Rehman, Tayyaba https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3312-2374
Sharif, Anees https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8897-0360
Khalid, Linta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9126-3927
Sajid, Imran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4781-1455
Article History
Received: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 11 December 2025
First Online: 19 December 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Research Ethics and Biosafety Committee, Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (IMMG), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Approval No. 1447-IMMG, dated November 26, 2024). All the participants gave informed consent before the clinical samples were collected to be used in this study.
: The authors declare that they have not used any of the generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in this research paper.