Maity, Snigdha
Surendran, Sreeraj
Malasane, Prachi
Shetty, Ujwal
K. B., Rithesh
Shetty, Priyanka
Shetty, Prahlad
Shetty, Monisha J.
S., Nikitha
Vaishnavi, V.
Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
Hegde, Vijaya
Jagadesh, Anitha
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 7 May 2025
Accepted: 16 July 2025
First Online: 29 July 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC), Kasturba Medical College, MAHE (DHR Registration no. EC/NEW/INST/2021/1707) (Approval IEC 2: 715/2023) and A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Mangalore (DCGI Registration no. EC/NEW/INST/2020/741). The study was approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC), MAHE.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the subjects involved in the study.
: Clinical trials registry, India (CTRI Number- CTRI/2024/04/064991) registration was obtained. Study is not a clinical trial however based on IEC recommendations clearance was obtained.