Mishra, Prashant
Muniyandi, Malaisamy
Sharma, Ravendra K.
Yadav, Rajiv
Lingala, Mercy Aparna
Nigam, Samridhi
Bhat, Jyothi
Rao, V. G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government of Madhya Pradesh , India
Article History
Received: 5 February 2026
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
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: The Institutional Ethics Committee of ICMR-NIRTH, Jabalpur approved the study (NIRTH/IEC/2273/2016). Informed written consent was taken from all the participants in the study. The study was conducted in compliance with National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Human Research involving Human Participants 2017 (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi).
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable.