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Authors
Hong, Gyeong-U https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7003-1458
Koo, Bon Seok
Kim, Min-Ju https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5126-4317
Sim, Woo-Jeong https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0975-2669
Lee, Ah-Yeon https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6220-5247
An, Ji-Eun https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3734-6594
Yu, Su-Yeon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-5068
Lee, Sei Young https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-6386
Lee, Soo Hyun https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-8371
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (#2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012, #2023-10-012)
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Article History
Received: 10 May 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
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: All participants were informed about the study purpose, procedures, and methods, following which they signed a research consent form for participation. The study was submitted to the central Research Ethics Committee of Kongju National University, Gongju, Korea, and was approved under the protocol number KNU_IRB_2023-49. The institutional review board numbers for each hospital are included [see Additional 1]. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that all individual participants provided informed consent for publication of the results. No identifying information is included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
