Bohara, Madan Singh
Sharma, Supriya
Bhatta, Dwij Raj
Article History
Received: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 22 June 2026
First Online: 30 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval of this study was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) (Reference No. 826/2024; approved on 24 October 2024). Specimens were collected as part of routine clinical care and patient identifiers were anonymized prior to analysis so as to maintain the confidentiality of the patient information. Informed consent was obtained from each participant before their samples were processed for this research. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.