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Authors
Philip, Prijo
Shiri, Swathi
Amirtharaj, G. Jayakumar
Christudoss, Pamela
Ponmudi, Nithya Jayaraman
Gibikote, Sridhar
Mani, Thenmozhi
Agarwal, Indira https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-2782
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Article History
Received: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 17 March 2026
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: All procedures performed in the current study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board (IRB), Christian Medical College, Vellore and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethics approval was obtained for this study from IRB, Christian Medical College Vellore (IRB Min No. 11980 − 02.04.2019). Informed consent from parents and caregivers was taken before study recruitment. In addition assent to participate was taken from children aged > 8 years included in the study.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
