Asouzu Johnson, Jaclyn E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2539-8767
Mbajiorgu, Ejikeme F.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of the Witwatersrand
Article History
Received: 16 September 2025
Revised: 16 March 2026
Accepted: 27 April 2026
First Online: 15 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committee (approval number 2018/011/58/C) of the University of the Witwatersrand. All experimental animal handling and treatments were carried out at Wits Research Animal Facility (WRAF) according to the standards and principles set forth by this committee in line with international standards for animal research experiments.