Das, Shreaya
Konwar, Bolin Kumar
Article History
Received: 4 April 2023
Revised: 30 April 2023
Accepted: 9 May 2023
First Online: 1 June 2023
Declarations
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: Proper written consent from the participants/volunteers was taken prior to the sample collection. The samples were collected by professional medical officers of the Health Centre, Tezpur University (Central).
: Consent to publish the data was also taken prior to sample collection. The names of the patients/volunteers were kept anonymous, and only the microbial isolates were discussed thoroughly.
: Author BK is a full-time Senior Professor at Tezpur University, Central, Assam, India, and receives a salary from the institution. Author SD is a full-time PhD scholar at the Tezpur University, Central, Assam, India, working under author BK; she was paid institutional fellowship by the institute from 2017 to 2021 during her PhD tenure.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Tezpur University Ethical Committee (TUEC) of the Tezpur University (Central), Assam, India, with Registration No: DORD/TUEC/PROP/2022/02-R2.