Abbasi, Madineh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-7837
Noori, Ehsan Sheykh
Mobaraki, Faramarz
Dehghan, Omid
Nikpour, Fatemeh
Raeisi, Ahmad
Mirolyaie, Abdolreza
Alizadeh, Mahasti
Koosha, Ahmad
Yousefi, Saideh
Article History
Received: 6 August 2025
Accepted: 2 February 2026
First Online: 6 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. The protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Approval Code: IR.TBZMED.REC.1404.283). As this was a retrospective surveillance study using anonymized data provided by the Ministry of Health, the requirement for individual informed consent was formally waived by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, in accordance with national regulations for communicable disease surveillance.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.