ISSN 2582-4287 Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

Formerly Nitte University Journal Of Health Science An official publication of Nitte (Deemed to be University)

Editor-in-Chief Rathika Shenoy Hugo de Bruyn Department of Pediatrics, K.S. Hegde School of Dentistry Iddya Karunasagar Medical Academy Radboud University Nitte (Deemed to be University) Nitte (Deemed to be University) Nijmegen, The Netherlands University Enclave Deralakatte University Enclave Deralakatte Raghavendra Rao , , Mangalore, Karnataka, India Center for Neurobehavioural Anirban Chakraborty Development, Minnesota University Managing Editor Nitte University Center for Science Minneapolis, MN, United States Education and Research Azeem Mohiyuddin Indrani Karunasagar Nitte (Deemed to be University) Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Nitte (Deemed to be University) University Enclave Deralakatte Education and Research, Tamaka University Enclave Deralakatte Mangalore, Karnataka, India Kolar, Karnataka, India Mangalore, Karnataka, India Bert Callenwaert Harsha Halahalli Faculty of Medicine and Health K.S. Hegde Medical Academy Editorial Board Sciences, Ghent University Hospital Nitte (Deemed to be University) Ghent, Belgium, India University Enclave Deralakatte Ananthram Shetty Vinod Scaria Mangalore, Karnataka, India Institute of Medical Sciences Institute of Genomics and Integrative Shetty Canterbury Christ Church University Biology, New Delhi, India Pediatric Infectious Diseases Chatham Maritime, Kent M.S. Ravi Wake Forest School of Medicine United Kingdom Department of Orthodontics and Ardmore Tower, Medical Center Shubada Chiplunkar Dento-Facial Orthopedics Boulevard, Winston-Salem Advanced Center for Treatment AB Shetty Memorial Institute of North Carolina, United States Research and Education in Cancer Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Pierre Emmanuel Gleizes (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mangalore, Karnataka, India Molecular Biology Laboratory Maharashtra, India Veena Shetty University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Georgi Abraham K.S. Hegde Medical College France Institute of Kidney Diseases, Urology Nitte (Deemed to be University) Thyagarajan Subramanian and Organ Transplantation University Enclave Deralakatte Department of Neurology Madras Medical Mission Mangalore, Karnataka, India Pennsylvania State University Mogappair, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Ikenoue Tsuyomu University Dr. Hummelstown Anusha Rohit University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Pennsylvania, United States Microbiology and Infection Control Prefecture, Miyazaki, Japan Shishir Shetty Madras Medical Mission Velpandian Thirumurthy Department of Conservative Mogappair, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Ocular Pharmacology Dentistry and Endodontics Ajay Logani All India Institute of Medical Sciences AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Center for Dental Education New Delhi, India Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, and Research All India Institute of V. Ravi Mangalore, Karnataka, India Medical Sciences New Delhi, India National Institute of Mental Health and Suchetha Kumari Volker Gurtler Neurosciences, , Karnataka, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy School of Science Cluster, RMIT India Nitte (Deemed to be University) University, Melbourne, Victoria Sudhir Tauro University Enclave Deralakatte Australia School of Medicine Mangalore, India Dag Harmsen University of Dundee Universitatsklinikum, Munster Nethergate, Dundee, United Kingdom Germany

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