Kitwan, Lynn
Makobe, Celestine
Mdachi, Raymond
Maranga, Dawn Nyawira
Isaac, Alfred Orina
Nyariki, James Nyabuga https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3213-7824
Article History
Received: 15 July 2022
Accepted: 21 November 2022
First Online: 1 December 2022
Declarations
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: The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
: The current study utilized female swiss white mice and the experimental procedures were carried out by adhering to the 3R rules and the ARRIVE checklist which is critical for reporting animal research (Kilkenny et al. ). Animal handling, training and all the necessary experimental techniques and protocols involving mice in the present study were sought and approved by Institutional review for approval Committee (IRC) of the Institute of Primate Research Karen, Kenya (ISERC/08/2017). Consequently, all the necessary experiments were performed in compliance with the recommendations of the Helsinki declaration on guiding principles on care and use of animals. Humane endpoints were monitored to reduce any observable suffering.