Selvaraj, Kalaiselvi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-0495
Deshmukh, Pradeep R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-9522
Yadav, Priyanka https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-9320
Vijayageetha, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1632-8006
Lakshmi, N. R. Aiswarya https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8683-8614
Deshmukh, Neeti https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2328-6368
Tamgire, Lokesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-3777
Thanigachalam, Srinivasan https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0367-4675
Selokar, Deepak
Sabale, Revathi Mahesh
Inamdar, Asim S.
Bhardwaj, Vishwajit
Babu, Bontha V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research
Article History
Received: 12 August 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: This research was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of AIIMS, Nagpur (AIIMS-NAG/IEC/2019/003). All procedures were conducted in accordance with National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research by Indian Council of Medical research. Interview of the participants were taken after explaining the study procedures and obtaining their written informed consent from all participants and/or their legal guardians. Confidentiality of the data was maintained.
: All authors have consented for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.