Ioannou Vassiliadou, Gavriella https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3217-7185
Ladas, Petros
Mendris, Michail
Mazeri, Stella
Michail, Maria
Paphiti, Nelly
Eracleous, Evi
Iacovides, Paris
Economou, Christos
Hadjigeorgiou, Charalampos
Tsokkou, Kyriaki
Thomaides, Stelios
Skapoullarou, Panagiota
Iasonidis, Michalis
Siama, Elli
Markaki, Lamprini
Evripidou, Iliada
Michos, Athanasios
Nikolopoulos, Georgios https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3307-0246
Tsolia, Maria
Koliou Mazeri, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0647-9967
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Cyprus
Article History
Received: 22 March 2026
Accepted: 29 June 2026
First Online: 4 July 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee (Ref. ΕΕΒΚ/ΕΠ/2023/11). All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all participants prior to inclusion in the study. Participants were anonymized and assigned unique study codes to ensure confidentiality.
: Not applicable. No individual participant data are presented in this manuscript that require consent for publication.
: The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available in the European Nucleotide Archive repository under accession number [PRJEB111125].
: The authors declare no competing interests.