Haq, Ehtisham ul
Naeem, Asma
Awan, Usman Ayub
Khan, Sadiq Noor
Zohaib, Muhammad
Uddin, Ghufran https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0577-4315
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health, Pakistan (RIG-22/R2-133)
Article History
Received: 20 July 2025
Accepted: 3 October 2025
First Online: 15 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Haripur (Ref No: UOH/DASR/3080). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos).
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.