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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe trial was approved by the ethics committees of Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University, Mangalore, India [YEC-1/217/2019], and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India [MAHE/ EC/05-19/06]. The trial would comply with the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines, local laws, and the International Council for Harmonisation – Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) guidelines. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants in local language (Kannada or Malayalam). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This work is supported by the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Fellowship/Grant [IA/CPHE/17/1/503337] awarded to Dr Soujanya Kaup. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."

"Trial registration Clinical Trial Registry of India CTRI/2019/02/017464. Registered on 5 February 2019; https://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=29764&EncHid=&userName=2019/02/017464"