Abushattal, Mahmoud Ali Khalaf
Sale, Sani
Subramaniam, Sreeramanan
Mohamad Taib, Mohamad Nurul Azmi
Rajamanikam, Arutchelvan
Termizi, Farah Haziqa Meor
Hassan, Nor Hasnida
Mad’ Atari, Mohamad Fadhli
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (FRGS/1/2020/STG03/USM/02/21)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2024
Accepted: 23 April 2025
First Online: 26 April 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for collection of stool samples was obtained from the Medical Ethics Committee of University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (20191226-8107), and Research Ethics Committee of the National University of Malaysia (UKM PPI/111/8/JEP-2020725) according to the Declaration of Helsinki. A written consent was obtained from all the participants or nearest kin prior to sample collection.