Funding for this research was provided by:
Kuwait University Research Sector (SL02/19)
Article History
Received: 13 May 2026
Accepted: 16 July 2026
First Online: 21 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ministry of Health for the collection of samples (2015/242) in accordance with the Helsinki Guidelines of 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Consent for publication: All authors have read and approve the finalized the manuscript for publication.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.