Castellano, Mark Joseph
Sornillo, Johanna Beulah
Saito, Nobuo
Nishizono, Akira
Demetria, Catalino
Nacion, Leilanie
Quiambao, Beatriz
Funding for this research was provided by:
JICA/AMED SATREPS (17823721)
Article History
Received: 3 February 2026
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 8 June 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Approval No. 2021-14; July 19, 2021). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.