Mahato, Ram Kumar
Ghimire, Uttam
Bajracharya, Bijay
K. C., Binod
Bam, Deepak
Ghimire, Deepak
Pyakurel, Uttam Raj
Hayman, David T. S.
Pandey, Basu Dev
Das, Chuman Lal
Paudel, Krishna Prasad
Article History
Received: 7 August 2023
Accepted: 24 January 2025
First Online: 30 January 2025
Declarations
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: The data were primarily collected in the field as part of regular surveillance and monitoring activities of the Epidemiology and Diseases Control Division (EDCD), Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, as per EDCD guidelines. Permission to analyze and publish these data was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council (ethical approval no 349/2022 P and approval date: 21 July 2022) on the request of EDCD. Nepal Health Research Council has an institutional ethical review board which has waived the informed consent (also 349/2022 P) for the study. The human data for this study were anonymized.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.