Pal, Samudra http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-7170
Paladhi, Pranab http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9074-9490
Dutta, Saurav http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-5175
Mullick, Rupam Basu
Bose, Gunja
Ghosh, Papiya
Chattopadhyay, Ratna
Ghosh, Sujay http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-8446
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/10/FR/10/2015-RCH)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (09/028(1068)/2018-EMR-I)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2023
Accepted: 23 October 2023
First Online: 13 November 2023
Declarations
:
: The study design was reviewed and approved by the institutional ethics committee of the University of Calcutta, West Bengal, Kolkata, India (dated 04/12/2017; Approval No. CU/BIOETHICS/HUMAN/2306/3044). For working with human subjects, we followed the criteria outlined in the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’ and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
: All the samples were collected after obtaining informed consent from the respective participants under the guidance of trained clinicians. At the laboratory, all records were preserved anonymously and with the utmost confidentiality.
: All authors gave their consent to publish this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.