Ganasegeran, Kurubaran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-1815
Manaf, Mohd Rizal Abdul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-8376
Safian, Nazarudin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5962-3518
Waller, Lance A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-8886
Mustapha, Feisul Idzwan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3497-341X
Maulud, Khairul Nizam Abdul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-2778
Rizal, Muhammad Faid Mohd https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1402-8818
Article History
Received: 15 May 2025
Accepted: 16 June 2026
First Online: 25 June 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted from the ethics committee of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (JEP-2022-445) and the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia [NMRR ID-22-01264-EE7 (IIR)].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.