Sanad, Ahmed A. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5101-622X
El-Sherbeny, Ghada A.
El-Morsi, Adel A.
Gad, Ahmed F.
Gebeer, Hossam I.
Seadawy, Mohamed G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Defence
Article History
Received: 23 June 2026
Accepted: 24 July 2026
First Online: 8 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Military Medical Academy, Health and Preventive Medicine Institute, Ministry of Defense, Egypt (Approval No. 17-2025). All procedures involving human-derived samples were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.