Garg, Puja
Malhotra, Pankaj
Rana, Surinder Singh
Bhasin, Sadhna Lal
Sehgal, Rakesh
Datta, Priya
Article History
Received: 22 October 2025
Accepted: 10 December 2025
First Online: 3 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India (IEC/INT/2022/SPL-1243; dated 6 October 2022). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before sample collection. For minors, consent was obtained from parents or legal guardians, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. IEC–INT//2022/Study-511.
: This manuscript does not contain any person’s data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos). Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.