Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (VIR/02/2016/ECD-I, dated on 20.09.2016)
Article History
Received: 2 April 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 11 September 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was presented to the Institute Ethical Committee (IEC) of the institute for approval and was exempted from informed consent, as per IEC guidelines (Ethical clearance (Ref No: 29/296/IEC 30/PP/2020), as the study was conducted on the serum samples submitted for routine diagnostic assays at VRDL, Department of Microbiology, IGMC&RI, Puducherry.