Hafeez, Amna
Shabbir, Maria
Khan, Khushbukhat
Trembley, Janeen H.
Badshah, Yasmin
Zafar, Sameen
Shahid, Kanza
Shah, Hania
Ashraf, Naeem Mahmood
Hamid, Arslan
Afsar, Tayyaba
Almajwal, Ali
Marium, Afifa
Razak, Suhail
Article History
Received: 8 October 2023
Accepted: 17 December 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: Approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan (IRB No. 10–2021-01/01) (Additional file InternalRef removed: File S1). 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 that they have no competing interests.