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Article History

Received: 19 November 2025

Accepted: 30 March 2026

First Online: 14 April 2026

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (ICMR-NARI) now renamed as ICMR-National Institute of Translational Virology & AIDS Research (ICMR-NITVAR), protocol ID- NARI EC/2021-14. All the participants were informed about the study objectives and written informed consent was obtained from all the participants before conducting and audio recording the interview.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.