Dastjerd, Nastaran Tavakoli
Abbasian, Ladan
Mohebbi, Seyed Reza
Banaem, Lida Moghaddam
Ashtiani, Masoumeh Farrokh
Rostamafshar, Zohreh
Soleimanjahi, Hoorieh https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1931-7801
Sarshari, Behrang https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8853-2617
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tarbiat Modares University (Med-666164)
Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (1402-3-119-68874)
Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Accepted: 22 September 2025
First Online: 3 November 2025
Declarations
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: The Helsinki Declaration regarding human research was observed in this study, which was approved partially by the Medical Ethics committee of the Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, with the code (IR.TUMS.IKHC.REC.1402.366), and (Modares.Rec1402.168). The study objectives were described to all participants, and complete written informed consent was obtained from the patients for the publication of this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.