Keyvanlou, Zahra
Ravanshad, Mehrdad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-5760
Amel Jamehdar, Saeid
Babaei, Elham
Funding for this research was provided by:
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University (Med74595701)
Article History
Received: 17 May 2026
Accepted: 23 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tarbiat Modares University (IR.MODARES.REC.1402.113). All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to sample collection.
Consent for publication: All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript and consent to its publication in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.