Bhandari, Tulsi Ram
Paudel, Shishir https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3077-6697
Chapagain, Nawaraj
Thapa, Yoko Oda
Nagila, Amar
Kawata, Rina
Iwakuni, Akiko
Lee, Kumsun
Hiroko, Sakai
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (22KK0026)
Article History
Received: 11 August 2025
Accepted: 5 December 2025
First Online: 16 December 2025
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research protocol was reviewed and approved by the Nepal Health Research Council (Proposal ID 704–2023, approved review date: January 23, 2024).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.