Zafar, Sameen
Badshah, Yasmin
Shabbir, Maria
Khan, Somia
Hafeez, Amna
Ashraf, Naeem Mahmood
Trembley, Janeen H.
Afsar, Tayyaba
Almajwal, Ali
Razak, Suhail
Article History
Received: 13 August 2025
Accepted: 13 October 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan (IRB No. 01-2022-03/06.) Written and oral informed consent were attained from each participant before the collection of blood samples. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.