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Mudassar, Sourat
Bano, Abida
Asghar, Farah
Waheed, Fadia
Javed, Numan
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Article History
Received: 28 September 2024
Accepted: 8 July 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics and Biosafety Committee (IREBC) of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (Letter no. 197/20-2-23). This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional research ethics and biosafety committee. All enrolled participants provided written informed consent before sample collection for this institutionally approved cross-sectional study. All the data analysed during this study were kept confidential and anonymous.
: This section was not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
