Bibi, Saba
Munir, Asad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5461-3599
Ali, Fawad
Frederiksen, Helen Nabiryo
Shah, Sabawoon
Rashid, Abdur
Oreshkov, Sergey
Uddin, Shahab https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9503-3056
Rahman, Hamid Ur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-8689
Noreen, Shumaila
Ullah, Mukhtar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0911-0831
Ansar, Muhammad
Rehman, Atta Ur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-1835
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (320030_212959)
Prix Claire et Selma Kattenburg
Article History
Received: 13 October 2025
Revised: 8 March 2026
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 28 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved (approval code: F.No. HU/ORIC/2024/2018, dated: December 12th, 2024) by the Ethical Review Committee of Hazara University Mansehra. Similarly, informed consents were obtained in written format from all participants for their inclusion in this study as well as for publication of patients’ medical data.