Johnson, Rabia
Shabalala, Samukelisiwe
Mabasa, Lawrence
Kotzé-Hörstmann, Liske
Sangweni, Nonhlakanipho
Ramharack, Pritika
Sharma, Jyoti
Pheiffer, Carmen
Arowolo, Afolake
Sadie-Van Gijsen, Hanél
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (NRF) Competitive Program for rated Researchers (SRUG2203301281)
NRF Support for Y-rated researchers (112244)
Article History
Received: 17 December 2024
Accepted: 9 May 2025
First Online: 4 June 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experimental methods were performed in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institute of Health (NIH, 8th Edition, 2011), the Animal Research: Reporting of In vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines, which were approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committees at Stellenbosch University (SU-ACU-2018-6786) and the University of Zululand (PGD2017/206).
: All authors have read, reviewed and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.