Hafeez, Amna
Basit, Mahnoor
Zafar, Sameen
Shabbir, Maria
Badshah, Yasmin
Trembley, Janeen H.
Afsar, Tayyaba
Khan, Altaf
Razak, Suhail
Article History
Received: 2 September 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 28 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB No. 2024-IRB-A-14/14) of the Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.