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Authors
Kumar, Arun
Agarwal, Radhika
Kumar, Kanhaiya
Kumar, Govind
Kumar, Shivam
Sharma, Megha
Pandey, Tejasvi
Ali, Mohammad
Srivastava, Abhinav
Kumar, Rajiv
Kumar, Dhruv
Gajbhiye, Rahul Laxman
Murti, Krishna
Dhingra, Sameer
Pothuraju, Naresh
Peraman, Ramalingam
Bishwapriya, Akhouri
Sharma, Ashok
Khandelwal, Chiranjiva
Singh, Manisha
Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR F.No. 5/10/FR/79/2020-RBMCH, Dated. 09/08/2021)
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Article History
Received: 22 August 2025
Accepted: 20 October 2025
First Online: 21 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in line with the ethical principles outlined in the 2024 through “Declaration of Helsinki” by the World Medical Association 57 , which guides medical research involving human participants. It was also approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna, Bihar, functioning under the Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India. Ethical clearance for the study was granted through IEC Letter No. RMRI/EC/24/2020, dated 26th September 2020.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after they were informed about the study.
