Arima, Hiroaki
Koirala, Sweta
Nishimura, Takayuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K02114)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23H02568)
Article History
Received: 28 December 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 4 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committees of the Nepal Health Research Council (Approval # 476_2023) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (# 150226137–10). Each participant in the related study was provided with detailed information about the research and confidentiality before written informed consent was obtained.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.