Deora, Nimita
Pande, Veena
Pal, Dinesh K.
Sharma, Himanshu
Dube, Simmi
Sinha, Abhinav https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-7686
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (SR/WOS-A/LS-210/2018)
Article History
Received: 16 August 2025
Accepted: 19 December 2025
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors Nimita Deora, Veena Pande, Dinesh K. Pal, Himanshu Sharma, Simmi Dube, and Abhinav Sinha have nothing to disclose.
: Approvals from institutional human ethics committees of ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi (ICMR-NIMR; PHB/NIMR/EC/2020/62) and Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal, MP (GMCH; 854/MC/IEC/2020) were obtained to conduct the study. Voluntary informed written consent was obtained from all the participants before enrolling them in the study. This study was conducted in accordance with institutional and national ethical standards and the 2013 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki.