Kumari, Subhadra
M, Kirthik Roshan
Pal, Rituparna
Jaiswal, Sushila
Jaiswal, Awadhesh
Kumar, Santosh
Muthuswamy, Srinivasan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi
Article History
Received: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 30 March 2026
First Online: 16 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study followed the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki and conformed to the ethical guidelines set forth by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Orissa, India. Reference number: NITR/IEC/2022/M/03.