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Article History

Received: 17 March 2025

Accepted: 3 February 2026

First Online: 10 April 2026

Declarations

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: This study was carried out in line with the ethics guiding research undertakings on human subjects as approved by the Ethics Committee of Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria, with reference number JUTH/DCS/IREC/127/XXXI/435 under JUTH Health Research Ethics Committee meeting number NHREC/JUTH/051022 In addition, permission was granted from the Department of Pediatrics, Jos University Teaching Hospital, where the study was carried out with utmost confidentiality in line with good laboratory practice and Helsinki declaration. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of the neonates before enrolment. The consent forms contain information on the study’s purpose, procedures, potential risks, benefits to participant and society, confidentiality, right of decline or withdrawal at any stage of the research and publishing of research findings.

: Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of the neonates before enrolment. The consent forms contain information on the study’s purpose, procedures, potential risks, benefits to participant and society, confidentiality, right of decline or withdrawal at any stage of the research and publishing of research findings.

: The authors declare no competing interests.