Riaz, Abdullah
Taj, Zeeshan
Saqalein, Muhammad
Andrey, Diego O.
Jabeen, Kokab
Ambreen, Atifa
Mustafa, Sana
Tufail, Zainab
Bourhia, Mohammed
Shah, Tawaf Ali
Salamatullah, Ahmad Mohammad
Alyami, Esmael M.
Qamar, Muhammad Usman
Funding for this research was provided by:
King Khalid University (RGP2/534/45)
Article History
Received: 17 March 2025
Accepted: 26 December 2025
First Online: 8 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Ethical Review Committee (ERC) at the Government College University Faisalabad approved the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: was obtained from all participants. The relevant information was explained to the participants in a language that they could understand. Each participant willingly gave a specimen for examination and permission for the isolates collected to be used in the study. Furthermore, participants were assured that their private information would be kept confidential and that the samples they provided would only be used for research purposes.