Kachooei, Atefeh
Ataei-Pirkooh, Angila https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-5690
Mir-Hosseinian, Mahtab
Behnezhad, Farzane
Eftekhari, Mahtab
Hoseini-Fakhr, Somayeh-Sadat
Jalilvand, Somayeh
Latifi, Tayebeh
Khouy, Reza Aramideh
Shoja, Zabihollah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5617-5844
Article History
Received: 15 July 2025
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 14 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committees of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and the Pasteur Institute of Iran (Ethics approval numbers: IR.TUMS.SPH.REC.1403.062, IR.TUMS.SPH.REC.1401.265, and IR.PII.REC.1399.052), in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians of all child participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.