Nair, Dakshina. M.
Vajravelu, Leela Kakithakara
Paneerselvam, Vishnupriya
Lathakumari, Rahul Harikumar
Vimala, Poornima Baskar
Thulukanam, Jayaprakash
Funding for this research was provided by:
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
Article History
Received: 21 February 2026
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 4 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: A written informed consent was obtained from all participants at the time of sample collection and the study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC No: ECR/8882/Inst/TN/2013/RR-19), SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Ethics Committee along with Declaration of Helsinki standards.
Consent for publication: Not Applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.