Baidya, Sujata
Kandel, Pratibha
Rajkarnikar, Smrity
Parajuli, Sagar
Niraula, Apeksha
Tuladhar, Eans Tara
Dubey, Raju Kumar
Raut, Mithileshwer
Bhattarai, Aseem
Koirala, Poonam
Sharma, Vijay Kumar
Article History
Received: 17 May 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2026
First Online: 25 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: An ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Medicine (Ref No. 207(6-11) E 2 078/079). Written informed consent was taken from all the participants before collecting the samples. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.