Sadooghi, Niloofar
Panahi, Yaser
Delshad, Afshin
Maurin, Max
Dadar, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-801X
Article History
Received: 17 June 2025
Accepted: 11 August 2025
First Online: 1 September 2025
Declarations
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: All participants provided written informed consent at the time of initial data collection. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Zoonotic Diseases Control Department, under the authority of the Deputy of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran (Approval Code: NK-4030176, dated 16.11.2023). This approval covered access to retrospective clinical data, its analysis, and the publication of findings. All clinical data were anonymized to ensure participant confidentiality to ensure patient confidentiality, following the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.