M. Nair, Janaki
Chakraborty, Shraddha
Kasomva, Khanmi
Chauhan, Ganesh
Mathur, Sandeep
Basu, Analabha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1564-0284
Tandon, Nikhil
Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5268-8482
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (GAP 0089, N 1292)
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (PURSE II CDST/SR/PURSE PHASE II/11)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2024
Revised: 17 April 2025
Accepted: 22 April 2025
First Online: 14 May 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by Human Ethics Committees of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India. School authorities were pre-informed, written consents were obtained from the parents/guardians and verbal assents were taken from all study participants. This study had been carried out according to the principles of Helsinki Declaration of 1975 as revised in 1983.